Event between 14GE54 and star GA0900:04156839 with event index number of 1046873
Geocentric closest approach at 2019/12/31 01:48:27 UTC
J2000 position of star is 14:45:07.1 +01:32:11
Equinox of date position of star is 14:46:06.4 +01:27:19
Stellar brightness G=15.6,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 117 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 22% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.7
TNO is 39.0 AU from the Sun
and 39.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 272 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2294 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=285.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.3 sec chord
Diameter=116.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 2:1E
Star training set for 14GE54, (2019/12/31 01:48UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Arcturus 14:16:34.5 +19:04:46 0.0 19.06 127 27Bet Lib 15:18:05.2 -09:27:20 2.6 13.50 106 109 Vir 14:47:15.7 +01:48:34 3.7 0.45 117 PPM 160905 14:44:14.0 +01:44:26 7.4 0.56 117 PPM 160935 14:46:21.3 +01:29:10 10.0 0.06 117 14GE54 14:46:08.2 +01:27:11 15.6 117 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 14GE54, (2019/12/31 01:48UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Arcturus 14:15:38.2 +19:10:18 0.0 19.06 127 27Bet Lib 15:17:00.3 -09:22:59 2.6 13.50 106 109 Vir 14:46:14.8 +01:53:34 3.7 0.45 117 PPM 160905 14:43:13.0 +01:49:29 7.4 0.56 117 PPM 160935 14:45:20.2 +01:34:11 10.0 0.06 117 14GE54 14:45:07.1 +01:32:11 15.6 117 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 23:05:49 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute