Event between 14FC72 and star GA0940:03839309 with event index number of 2476037
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/08/15 22:30:07 UTC
J2000 position of star is 13:52:41.2 +04:14:21
Equinox of date position of star is 13:53:48.7 +04:07:48
Stellar brightness G=16.2,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 165 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 81% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.9
TNO is 51.7 AU from the Sun
and 52.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 130 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2015 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.6
Diameter=708.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 37.6 sec chord
Diameter=289.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 15.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 14FC72, (2022/08/15 22:30UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Arcturus 14:16:41.7 +19:03:58 0.0 15.95 151 Vindemiatrix 13:03:18.2 +10:50:17 2.8 14.20 166 PPM 160305 14:05:04.0 +04:47:35 6.2 2.88 162 PPM 160145 13:55:18.6 +03:02:36 8.4 1.15 165 PPM 160129 13:54:30.6 +04:35:30 10.0 0.49 164 PPM 160122 13:54:04.7 +04:14:25 10.8 0.13 164 14FC72 13:53:49.7 +04:07:42 16.2 164 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 14FC72, (2022/08/15 22:30UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Arcturus 14:15:38.0 +19:10:14 0.0 15.95 151 Vindemiatrix 13:02:10.2 +10:57:33 2.8 14.20 166 PPM 160305 14:03:55.7 +04:54:03 6.2 2.88 162 PPM 160145 13:54:09.8 +03:09:13 8.4 1.15 165 PPM 160129 13:53:22.2 +04:42:08 10.0 0.49 164 PPM 160122 13:52:56.3 +04:21:04 10.8 0.13 164 14FC72 13:52:41.2 +04:14:21 16.2 164 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/04/18 23:13:23 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute