RECON: TNO occultation with 14LM28

Event between 14LM28 and star GA1240:04098306 with event index number of 255460

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/04/13 23:59:55 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:30:28.5 +34:01:44
Equinox of date position of star is 17:31:08.8 +34:00:57
Stellar brightness G=14.8, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 61 degrees from the moon. Moon is 60% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.2

TNO is 17.2 AU from the Sun and 16.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 33.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 9.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 279 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4089 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.6
Diameter=72.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.2 sec chord
Diameter=29.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 0.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14LM28, (2020/04/14 00:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:37:37.5 +38:48:12  0.0 14.17  63
Etamin         17:57:04.7 +51:29:14  2.2 18.09  76
72 Her         17:21:25.2 +32:26:36  5.4  2.58  61
PPM 080299     17:31:34.9 +34:15:14  8.4  0.25  62
PPM 080289     17:30:27.4 +33:55:06 10.7  0.18  61
14LM28         17:31:12.8 +34:00:53 14.8        61
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 14LM28, (2020/04/14 00:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:36:56.6 +38:47:06  0.0 14.17  63
Etamin         17:56:36.3 +51:29:20  2.2 18.09  76
72 Her         17:20:39.8 +32:27:45  5.4  2.58  61
PPM 080299     17:30:50.8 +34:16:05  8.4  0.25  62
PPM 080289     17:29:43.1 +33:55:59 10.7  0.18  61
14LM28         17:30:28.5 +34:01:44 14.8        61
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/06/12 19:59:05 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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