Event between 14RQ63 and star GA1040:00520285 with event index number of 179083
Geocentric closest approach at 2019/01/10 12:51:49 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:32:47.7 +14:29:26
Equinox of date position of star is 04:33:52.0 +14:31:46
Stellar brightness G=13.9,
use SENSEUP=64
Star is 90 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 17% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.3
TNO is 32.2 AU from the Sun
and 31.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.6
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 218 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1575 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=232.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.2 sec chord
Diameter=94.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 14RQ63, (2019/01/10 12:52UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:00.9 +16:32:46 0.8 2.15 91 Bellatrix 05:26:09.1 +06:21:55 1.6 15.22 101 86Rho Tau 04:34:55.8 +14:52:58 4.6 0.44 90 PPM 119977 04:32:15.7 +14:43:46 8.5 0.44 90 86Rho Tau 04:34:55.8 +14:52:58 4.6 0.44 90 PPM 119989 04:32:52.3 +14:11:39 10.4 0.41 90 14RQ63 04:33:52.4 +14:31:47 13.9 90 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 14RQ63, (2019/01/10 12:52UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 2.15 91 Bellatrix 05:25:07.8 +06:20:58 1.6 15.22 101 86Rho Tau 04:33:51.1 +14:50:39 4.6 0.44 90 PPM 119977 04:31:11.0 +14:41:23 8.5 0.44 90 86Rho Tau 04:33:51.1 +14:50:39 4.6 0.44 90 PPM 119989 04:31:47.9 +14:09:16 10.4 0.41 90 14RQ63 04:32:47.7 +14:29:26 13.9 90 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2018/12/04 05:07:45 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute