Event between (612891) 04TT357 and star GA1060:01236500 with event index number of 2804490
Geocentric closest approach at 2025/01/25 16:03:03 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:41:53.9 +17:49:51
Equinox of date position of star is 05:43:12.2 +17:50:25
Stellar brightness G=13.4,
use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 167 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 16% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.3
TNO is 34.3 AU from the Sun
and 33.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.5
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 389 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1352 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.9
Diameter=157.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.0 sec chord
Diameter=64.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:2EEE
Star training set for 612891, (2025/01/25 16:03UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:31.8 +07:24:35 0.4 10.91 157 Alnath 05:27:52.7 +28:37:35 1.6 11.35 176 126 Tau 05:42:44.7 +16:32:41 4.6 1.31 166 PPM 121266 05:42:50.2 +17:31:59 8.4 0.33 167 PPM 121295 05:43:51.8 +18:05:24 9.5 0.28 167 612891 05:43:21.7 +17:50:29 13.4 167 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 612891, (2025/01/25 16:03UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 10.91 157 Alnath 05:26:17.6 +28:36:23 1.6 11.35 176 126 Tau 05:41:17.7 +16:32:02 4.6 1.31 166 PPM 121266 05:41:22.6 +17:31:20 8.4 0.33 167 PPM 121295 05:42:23.8 +18:04:47 9.5 0.28 167 612891 05:41:53.9 +17:49:51 13.4 167 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/05/04 00:07:03 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute