2022-11-04, 01:03 PM
Nice catch. Thanks for the advanced notice. I ran it using elements for a few hours b4 close pass (Dec 27, 00:00CST - Horizons). Best time for me begins ~4am with this large rock moving 2.3'/min thru Bootes at magnitude 13.5. Its altitude is 42° and continues to rise to 63° until the encroachment of Astronomical twilight at 5:50. It's well placed in the east out of community light pollution and no Moon interference. This big rock is marked on my calendar.
Horizons (JPL) and the Minor Planet Center have the positions diverging by only 10-15 arc seconds over the few hours between my window and closest approach.
Horizons (JPL) and the Minor Planet Center have the positions diverging by only 10-15 arc seconds over the few hours between my window and closest approach.