Event between 14JX80 and star GA0920:04689235 with event index number of 256279
Geocentric closest approach at 2018/08/21 15:35:07 UTC
J2000 position of star is 16:58:50.4 +02:47:30
Equinox of date position of star is 16:59:45.9 +02:45:54
Stellar brightness G=13.0,
use SENSEUP=32
Star is 32 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 80% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.9
TNO is 36.0 AU from the Sun
and 35.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 10.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 260 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3820 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=343.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 31.8 sec chord
Diameter=140.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 13.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:2EEE+5:2EII
Star training set for 14JX80, (2018/08/21 15:35UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:33.2 -26:28:18 0.9 30.08 27 60Bet Oph 17:44:23.6 +04:33:39 2.8 11.28 27 19 Oph 16:48:06.2 +02:01:56 6.1 3.01 33 PPM 163499 17:06:19.4 +03:24:52 7.7 1.76 31 PPM 163351 17:00:13.9 +02:52:55 9.5 0.16 31 PPM 163341 16:59:56.4 +02:38:36 10.1 0.13 31 14JX80 16:59:46.5 +02:45:53 13.0 31 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 14JX80, (2018/08/21 15:35UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 30.08 27 60Bet Oph 17:43:28.3 +04:34:05 2.8 11.28 27 19 Oph 16:47:09.7 +02:03:52 6.1 3.01 33 PPM 163499 17:05:23.5 +03:26:19 7.7 1.76 31 PPM 163351 16:59:17.8 +02:54:32 9.5 0.16 31 PPM 163341 16:59:00.2 +02:40:14 10.1 0.13 31 14JX80 16:58:50.4 +02:47:30 13.0 31 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2018/06/05 16:21:07 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute