Event between (612524) 02VD130 and star GA1140:02978528 with event index number of 2814218
Geocentric closest approach at 2025/03/07 14:01:50 UTC
J2000 position of star is 07:27:21.6 +25:46:12
Equinox of date position of star is 07:28:46.7 +25:43:18
Stellar brightness G=16.7,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 21 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 60% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.6
Object is 32.8 AU from the Sun
and 32.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 10.7
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 481 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1382 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=206.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.2 sec chord
Diameter=84.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 2:1E+4:2II
Star training set for 612524, (2025/03/07 13:51UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Pollux 07:46:51.3 +27:57:48 1.1 4.59 25 57 Gem 07:25:00.5 +25:00:00 5.9 1.14 20 PPM 097535 07:29:33.7 +26:10:29 7.5 0.48 21 PPM 097500 07:27:51.0 +25:54:09 9.8 0.30 21 PPM 097526 07:29:08.4 +25:44:38 10.1 0.06 21 612524 07:28:54.0 +25:43:03 16.7 21 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 612524, (2025/03/07 13:51UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Pollux 07:45:17.9 +28:01:33 1.1 4.59 25 57 Gem 07:23:28.4 +25:03:01 5.9 1.14 20 PPM 097535 07:28:00.9 +26:13:39 7.5 0.48 21 PPM 097500 07:26:18.3 +25:57:16 9.8 0.30 21 PPM 097526 07:27:35.9 +25:47:48 10.1 0.06 21 612524 07:27:21.6 +25:46:12 16.7 21 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/03/04 04:05:31 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute