RECON: TNO occultation with 14WU509

Event between 14WU509 and star GA0940:00928043 with event index number of 235699

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/12/24 18:50:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:48:09.4 +04:03:57
Equinox of date position of star is 05:49:08.7 +04:04:15
Stellar brightness G=14.4, use SENSEUP=64
Star is 159 degrees from the moon. Moon is 2% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.9

TNO is 40.7 AU from the Sun and 39.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 25.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 172 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1677 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=411.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.1 sec chord
Diameter=167.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14WU509, (2019/12/24 18:51UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:15.2 +07:24:33  0.4  3.77 161
34Del Ori      05:33:01.7 -00:17:09  2.2  5.94 157
52 Ori         05:49:04.6 +06:27:35  5.5  2.39 161
PPM 149462     05:48:33.3 +04:06:22  7.5  0.17 159
PPM 149481     05:49:15.9 +04:11:30 11.5  0.12 159
14WU509        05:49:12.7 +04:04:17 14.4       159
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 14WU509, (2019/12/24 18:51UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  3.77 161
34Del Ori      05:32:00.4 -00:17:57  2.2  5.94 157
52 Ori         05:48:00.2 +06:27:15  5.5  2.39 161
PPM 149462     05:47:30.0 +04:06:01  7.5  0.17 159
PPM 149481     05:48:12.5 +04:11:10 11.5  0.12 159
14WU509        05:48:09.4 +04:03:57 14.4       159
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/09/19 18:00:33 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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