RECON: TNO occultation with 14YY49

Event between 14YY49 and star GA0900:02485714 with event index number of 321636

Geocentric closest approach at 2018/11/02 15:38:17 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:11:38.6 +01:37:23
Equinox of date position of star is 07:12:37.1 +01:35:26
Stellar brightness G=14.1, use SENSEUP=64
Star is 51 degrees from the moon. Moon is 29% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.0

TNO is 18.5 AU from the Sun and 18.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 10.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 236 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2621 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.1
Diameter=58.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.7 sec chord
Diameter=23.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14YY49, (2018/11/02 15:38UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Sirius         06:45:58.7 -16:44:35 -1.5 19.48  64
Alhena         06:38:48.0 +16:22:54  1.9 16.97  57
21 Mon         07:12:21.3 -00:20:05  5.5  1.93  52
PPM 152051     07:10:28.5 +01:53:19  7.4  0.61  52
PPM 152117     07:12:20.4 +01:36:22  9.2  0.07  51
14YY49         07:12:37.2 +01:35:26 14.1        51
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 14YY49, (2018/11/02 15:38UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Sirius         06:45:08.1 -16:43:21 -1.5 19.48  64
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9 16.97  57
21 Mon         07:11:23.6 -00:18:08  5.5  1.93  52
PPM 152051     07:09:29.8 +01:55:13  7.4  0.61  52
PPM 152117     07:11:21.8 +01:38:18  9.2  0.07  51
14YY49         07:11:38.6 +01:37:23 14.1        51
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/10/23 20:42:13 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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