Event between 14NW65 and star UC4-474-121572 with event index number of 139309
Geocentric closest approach at 2017/10/13 18:11:27 UTC
J2000 position of star is 21:11:17.2 +04:41:43
Equinox of date position of star is 21:12:09.3 +04:46:01
Stellar brightness R=13.7,
use SENSEUP=64
Star is 156 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 36% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.8
TNO is 24.4 AU from the Sun
and 23.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 13.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 237 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
5003 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=269.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.5 sec chord
Diameter=109.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 14NW65, (2017/10/13 18:11UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:58:37.8 -29:31:39 1.2 42.75 145 Tarazed 19:47:06.3 +10:39:28 2.7 21.87 150 8Alp Equ 21:16:42.7 +05:19:20 3.9 1.26 155 PPM 171311 21:08:53.9 +05:13:27 7.0 0.93 156 PPM 171400 21:12:09.7 +04:27:03 9.5 0.32 157 PPM 171414 21:12:58.6 +04:47:55 11.1 0.20 156 14NW65 21:12:10.5 +04:46:07 13.7 156 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 14NW65, (2017/10/13 18:11UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.5 -29:37:23 1.2 42.75 145 Tarazed 19:46:15.6 +10:36:48 2.7 21.87 150 8Alp Equ 21:15:49.5 +05:14:51 3.9 1.26 155 PPM 171311 21:08:00.7 +05:09:06 7.0 0.93 156 PPM 171400 21:11:16.3 +04:22:39 9.5 0.32 157 PPM 171414 21:12:05.3 +04:43:30 11.1 0.20 156 14NW65 21:11:17.2 +04:41:43 13.7 156 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2017/05/16 18:34:09 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute