Event between (612048) 96TS66 and star GA1140:01780146 with event index number of 2821249
Geocentric closest approach at 2029/08/31 07:30:11 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:58:25.0 +25:39:22
Equinox of date position of star is 05:59:50.4 +25:39:24
Stellar brightness G=0.0,
use SENSEUP=2 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 125 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 31 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 59% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2
Object is 38.6 AU from the Sun
and 39.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.6
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 551 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1767 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=350.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 22.4 sec chord
Diameter=142.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:3EE
Star training set for 612048, (2029/08/31 07:36UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:46.7 +07:24:36 0.4 18.27 35 Alnath 05:28:10.2 +28:37:47 1.6 7.73 24 139 Tau 05:59:50.2 +25:57:17 4.7 0.31 31 PPM 095183 06:00:43.2 +25:46:37 7.7 0.16 31 PPM 095151 05:59:46.4 +25:32:55 9.8 0.15 31 PPM 095149 05:59:43.5 +25:41:37 10.2 0.12 31 612048 06:00:15.2 +25:39:24 0.0 31 Positions are for equinox of date
Azimuth is measured in degrees eastward from north. North is at an azimuth of 0, due East is at an azimuth of 90 degrees, due South is 180, and due West is 270.
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Star training set for 612048, (2029/08/31 07:36UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 18.27 35 Alnath 05:26:17.6 +28:36:23 1.6 7.73 24 139 Tau 05:57:59.6 +25:57:14 4.7 0.31 31 PPM 095183 05:58:52.8 +25:46:37 7.7 0.16 31 PPM 095151 05:57:56.3 +25:32:52 9.8 0.15 31 PPM 095149 05:57:53.2 +25:41:34 10.2 0.12 31 612048 05:58:25.0 +25:39:22 0.0 31 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/12/26 05:37:08 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute