RECON: TNO occultation with 14JM80

Event between 14JM80 and star GA0860:04891199 with event index number of 265241

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/07/21 12:17:19 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:32:14.7 -02:41:09
Equinox of date position of star is 16:33:12.4 -02:43:26
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 103 degrees from the moon. Moon is 82% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.4

TNO is 47.3 AU from the Sun and 46.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 722 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4181 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.6
Diameter=467.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 31.1 sec chord
Diameter=191.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 12.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14JM80, (2019/07/21 12:17UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:36.6 -26:28:25  0.9 23.76  99
1Del Oph       16:15:22.3 -03:44:36  2.7  4.58 108
12 Oph         16:37:23.1 -02:21:53  5.8  1.09 102
PPM 199781     16:34:59.8 -03:49:48  8.2  1.19 103
PPM 199738     16:32:42.1 -03:03:56  9.9  0.37 103
PPM 179846     16:33:27.5 -02:43:47 10.3  0.05 103
14JM80         16:33:16.0 -02:43:35 16.7       103
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 14JM80, (2019/07/21 12:17UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 23.76  99
1Del Oph       16:14:20.7 -03:41:42  2.7  4.58 108
12 Oph         16:36:22.0 -02:19:34  5.8  1.09 102
PPM 199781     16:33:58.1 -03:47:25  8.2  1.19 103
PPM 199738     16:31:40.7 -03:01:30  9.9  0.37 103
PPM 179846     16:32:26.3 -02:41:22 10.3  0.05 103
14JM80         16:32:14.7 -02:41:09 16.7       103
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/05/30 18:20:28 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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