Event between 14TX85 and star GA0960:00300329 with event index number of 219376
Geocentric closest approach at 2019/10/23 16:10:21 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:30:13.5 +07:01:41
Equinox of date position of star is 03:31:15.8 +07:05:37
Stellar brightness G=16.6,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 97 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 27% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5
TNO is 36.3 AU from the Sun
and 35.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.3
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 142 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1916 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=254.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.9 sec chord
Diameter=104.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 14TX85, (2019/10/23 16:10UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:03.6 +16:32:51 0.8 18.65 79 Menkar 03:03:19.0 +04:09:59 2.5 7.55 104 1Omi Tau 03:25:52.9 +09:05:50 3.6 2.41 97 PPM 146592 03:29:16.6 +07:22:10 8.5 0.57 97 PPM 146634 03:32:05.0 +07:15:53 8.6 0.26 96 14TX85 03:31:17.0 +07:05:42 16.6 96 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 14TX85, (2019/10/23 16:10UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 18.65 79 Menkar 03:02:16.8 +04:05:21 2.5 7.55 104 1Omi Tau 03:24:48.7 +09:01:42 3.6 2.41 97 PPM 146592 03:28:13.0 +07:18:06 8.5 0.57 97 PPM 146634 03:31:01.4 +07:11:54 8.6 0.26 96 14TX85 03:30:13.5 +07:01:41 16.6 97 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 22:48:16 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute