Event between 14TZ85 and star GA1200:03111161 with event index number of 206584
Geocentric closest approach at 2019/02/08 21:11:15 UTC
J2000 position of star is 07:58:28.1 +30:57:28
Equinox of date position of star is 07:59:37.6 +30:54:24
Stellar brightness G=14.6,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 113 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 14% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.0
TNO is 54.1 AU from the Sun
and 53.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1132 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
5841 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.6
Diameter=741.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 30.4 sec chord
Diameter=302.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 12.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 7:4EII
Star training set for 14TZ85, (2019/02/08 21:11UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Pollux 07:46:29.0 +27:58:43 1.1 4.10 110 PPM 073167 07:52:15.9 +33:11:03 6.0 2.77 111 PPM 073276 07:57:37.1 +31:38:36 8.1 0.86 112 PPM 073316 08:00:21.8 +30:40:01 9.2 0.28 113 PPM 073308 07:59:32.9 +30:56:43 10.7 0.05 113 14TZ85 07:59:40.1 +30:54:17 14.6 113 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 14TZ85, (2019/02/08 21:11UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Pollux 07:45:18.1 +28:01:33 1.1 4.10 110 PPM 073167 07:51:02.4 +33:14:02 6.0 2.77 111 PPM 073276 07:56:24.6 +31:41:43 8.1 0.86 112 PPM 073316 07:59:10.0 +30:43:12 9.2 0.28 113 PPM 073308 07:58:20.8 +30:59:53 10.7 0.05 113 14TZ85 07:58:28.1 +30:57:28 14.6 113 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2018/06/11 22:37:09 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute