RECON: TNO occultation with 14JF80

Event between 14JF80 and star UC4-461-128231 with event index number of 179592

Geocentric closest approach at 2017/12/12 14:06:48 UTC

J2000 position of star is 22:03:29.2 +02:10:57
Equinox of date position of star is 22:04:22.3 +02:16:02
Stellar brightness R=15.4, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 133 degrees from the moon. Moon is 28% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.9

TNO is 18.8 AU from the Sun and 19.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 417 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3961 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.8
Diameter=104.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.7 sec chord
Diameter=42.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14JF80, (2017/12/12 14:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:38.3 -29:31:36  1.2 34.34 134
Markab         23:05:39.4 +15:18:08  2.5 19.95 146
34Alp Aqr      22:06:42.3 -00:13:55  3.0  2.57 133
PPM 172665     22:07:33.6 +02:31:39  6.6  0.83 134
PPM 172588     22:04:03.1 +02:17:03  9.9  0.09 133
14JF80         22:04:23.9 +02:16:12 15.4       133
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 14JF80, (2017/12/12 14:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.5 -29:37:23  1.2 34.34 134
Markab         23:04:45.7 +15:12:18  2.5 19.95 146
34Alp Aqr      22:05:47.1 -00:19:12  3.0  2.57 133
PPM 172665     22:06:38.9 +02:26:22  6.6  0.83 134
PPM 172588     22:03:08.3 +02:11:49  9.9  0.09 133
14JF80         22:03:29.2 +02:10:57 15.4       133
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2017/06/01 18:07:32 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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