Event between (612243) 01QR322 and star GA1060:00376994 with event index number of 2811913
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/10/02 16:18:40 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:26:25.6 +17:23:15
Equinox of date position of star is 03:27:46.9 +17:28:11
Stellar brightness G=16.1,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 35 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 60% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.0
Object is 30.4 AU from the Sun
and 29.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.2
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 394 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3094 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.1
Diameter=143.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.9 sec chord
Diameter=58.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 1:1
Star training set for 612243, (2026/10/02 16:10UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:27.5 +16:33:40 0.8 16.64 21 Menkar 03:03:40.9 +04:11:35 2.5 14.55 46 PPM 119253 03:40:56.8 +16:37:18 6.2 3.22 32 PPM 119101 03:29:40.3 +17:15:31 8.5 0.47 34 PPM 119075 03:27:02.2 +17:14:05 9.5 0.33 35 612243 03:27:56.7 +17:28:47 16.1 34 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 612243, (2026/10/02 16:10UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 16.64 21 Menkar 03:02:16.8 +04:05:21 2.5 14.55 46 PPM 119253 03:39:25.8 +16:32:11 6.2 3.22 32 PPM 119101 03:28:09.2 +17:10:03 8.5 0.47 34 PPM 119075 03:25:31.3 +17:08:32 9.5 0.33 35 612243 03:26:25.6 +17:23:15 16.1 35 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/21 04:26:13 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute