Event between 14UU224 and star GA0960:00513157 with event index number of 150427
Geocentric closest approach at 2018/08/17 02:05:15 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:47:58.6 +07:17:26
Equinox of date position of star is 04:48:58.3 +07:19:20
Stellar brightness G=12.1,
use SENSEUP=16
Star is 147 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 37% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.1
TNO is 30.6 AU from the Sun
and 30.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.3
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 344 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3104 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.0
Diameter=243.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.9 sec chord
Diameter=99.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 14UU224, (2018/08/17 02:05UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:36:59.5 +16:32:43 0.8 9.68 150 Bellatrix 05:26:07.9 +06:21:54 1.6 9.27 138 1Pi 3Ori 04:50:51.2 +06:59:32 3.2 0.57 147 PPM 148050 04:51:51.2 +08:01:29 8.0 1.00 146 PPM 147949 04:47:28.5 +07:22:35 8.8 0.38 147 PPM 147976 04:48:48.7 +07:14:06 10.3 0.10 147 14UU224 04:48:58.9 +07:19:21 12.1 147 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 14UU224, (2018/08/17 02:05UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 9.68 150 Bellatrix 05:25:07.8 +06:20:58 1.6 9.27 138 1Pi 3Ori 04:49:51.0 +06:57:41 3.2 0.57 147 PPM 148050 04:50:50.6 +07:59:39 8.0 1.00 146 PPM 147949 04:46:28.2 +07:20:38 8.8 0.38 147 PPM 147976 04:47:48.5 +07:12:11 10.3 0.10 147 14UU224 04:47:58.6 +07:17:26 12.1 147 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2018/06/05 16:20:14 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute