Event between 14UO224 and star GA1100:01182606 with event index number of 179096
Geocentric closest approach at 2019/02/06 20:42:35 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:32:23.8 +21:47:06
Equinox of date position of star is 05:33:30.3 +21:47:50
Stellar brightness G=15.0,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 104 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 4% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.6
TNO is 38.1 AU from the Sun
and 37.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 13.0
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 2245 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3507 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.7
Diameter=440.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 33.8 sec chord
Diameter=179.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 13.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 14UO224, (2019/02/06 20:43UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:01.1 +16:32:46 0.8 14.33 90 Alnath 05:27:30.1 +28:37:19 1.6 6.96 104 114 Tau 05:28:47.0 +21:57:06 4.7 1.12 103 PPM 094431 05:31:52.6 +22:28:31 7.2 0.78 104 PPM 094450 05:33:03.6 +21:41:39 9.2 0.15 104 14UO224 05:33:32.6 +21:47:51 15.0 105 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 14UO224, (2019/02/06 20:43UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 14.33 90 Alnath 05:26:17.5 +28:36:23 1.6 6.96 104 114 Tau 05:27:38.1 +21:56:13 4.7 1.12 103 PPM 094431 05:30:43.4 +22:27:43 7.2 0.78 104 PPM 094450 05:31:54.8 +21:40:53 9.2 0.15 104 14UO224 05:32:23.8 +21:47:06 15.0 104 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2018/06/11 22:36:38 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute