RECON: TNO occultation with 14OL394

Event between 14OL394 and star GA1000:00157939 with event index number of 213922

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/09/24 22:22:00 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:47:11.0 +11:06:00
Equinox of date position of star is 01:48:11.1 +11:11:36
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 99 degrees from the moon. Moon is 21% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.4

TNO is 30.8 AU from the Sun and 29.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 20.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 144 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2128 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.5
Diameter=187.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.1 sec chord
Diameter=76.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:3EE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14OL394, (2019/09/24 22:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:03.3 +16:32:51  0.8 41.25  58
6Bet Ari       01:55:44.0 +20:54:13  2.6  9.87  93
PPM 117718     01:51:55.0 +11:08:25  6.0  0.90  98
PPM 117669     01:48:12.1 +10:56:31  7.2  0.26  99
PPM 117664     01:47:59.9 +11:02:06 10.0  0.17  99
PPM 117672     01:48:24.6 +11:03:05 10.3  0.15  99
14OL394        01:48:14.0 +11:11:52 16.4        99
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 14OL394, (2019/09/24 22:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 41.25  58
6Bet Ari       01:54:38.5 +20:48:27  2.6  9.87  93
PPM 117718     01:50:51.9 +11:02:35  6.0  0.90  98
PPM 117669     01:47:09.1 +10:50:38  7.2  0.26  99
PPM 117664     01:46:57.0 +10:56:13 10.0  0.17  99
PPM 117672     01:47:21.6 +10:57:12 10.3  0.15  99
14OL394        01:47:11.0 +11:06:00 16.4        99
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/10/24 21:56:58 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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