Event between (65489) Ceto and star GA0880:04790655 with event index number of 2668208
Geocentric closest approach at 2029/01/23 02:12:19 UTC
J2000 position of star is 16:25:10.0 -00:20:23
Equinox of date position of star is 16:26:25.5 -00:23:39
Stellar brightness G=17.0,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 142 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 53% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.4
Object is 47.9 AU from the Sun
and 48.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.7
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 206 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1823 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=309.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.1 sec chord
Diameter=126.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 65489, (2029/01/23 02:12UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:31:11.7 -26:29:38 0.9 26.11 147 1Del Oph 16:15:52.3 -03:46:00 2.7 4.31 146 12 Oph 16:37:53.0 -02:23:02 5.8 3.43 141 PPM 179797 16:24:35.8 -00:55:20 8.0 0.73 143 PPM 179798 16:24:37.1 -00:19:46 9.0 0.52 143 PPM 179805 16:25:54.0 -00:15:43 10.1 0.24 142 65489 16:26:39.6 -00:24:15 17.0 142 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 65489, (2029/01/23 02:12UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 26.11 147 1Del Oph 16:14:20.7 -03:41:43 2.7 4.31 146 12 Oph 16:36:22.1 -02:19:35 5.8 3.43 141 PPM 179797 16:23:05.9 -00:51:22 8.0 0.73 143 PPM 179798 16:23:07.5 -00:15:49 9.0 0.52 143 PPM 179805 16:24:24.5 -00:11:49 10.1 0.24 142 65489 16:25:10.0 -00:20:23 17.0 142 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/25 21:30:45 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute