RECON: TNO occultation with 14HZ199

Event between 14HZ199 and star GA0780:04704277 with event index number of 255435

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/04/02 03:32:34 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:07:16.0 -11:53:42
Equinox of date position of star is 15:08:19.8 -11:58:08
Stellar brightness G=14.2, use SENSEUP=64
Star is 116 degrees from the moon. Moon is 58% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.3

TNO is 41.5 AU from the Sun and 40.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 20.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 88 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1735 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.1
Diameter=565.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 28.3 sec chord
Diameter=230.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14HZ199, (2020/04/02 03:33UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:39.1 -26:28:31  0.9 24.17 138
27Bet Lib      15:18:06.0 -09:27:23  2.6  3.47 117
18 Lib         14:59:59.5 -11:13:28  5.8  2.19 114
PPM 229799     15:09:12.7 -12:07:42  8.1  0.26 116
14HZ199        15:08:22.5 -11:58:19 14.2       116
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 14HZ199, (2020/04/02 03:33UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 24.17 138
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  3.47 117
18 Lib         14:58:53.4 -11:08:40  5.8  2.19 114
PPM 229799     15:08:06.2 -12:03:06  8.1  0.26 116
14HZ199        15:07:16.0 -11:53:42 14.2       116
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/01 22:11:17 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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