Event between 14GE54 and star GA0880:04418898 with event index number of 2476790
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/01/06 08:42:00 UTC
J2000 position of star is 15:08:52.1 -00:11:00
Equinox of date position of star is 15:10:00.9 -00:16:03
Stellar brightness G=16.6,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 19 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 29% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.8
TNO is 39.9 AU from the Sun
and 40.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.3
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 206 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1971 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=287.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.4 sec chord
Diameter=117.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 2:1E
Star training set for 14GE54, (2024/01/06 08:49UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Arcturus 14:16:45.6 +19:03:33 0.0 23.35 36 27Bet Lib 15:18:18.2 -09:28:12 2.6 9.42 14 4 Ser 15:17:02.6 +00:17:05 5.7 1.82 20 PPM 179486 15:09:13.9 -00:08:48 8.5 0.25 19 14GE54 15:10:06.1 -00:16:26 16.6 19 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, (2024/01/06 08:49UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Arcturus 14:15:38.0 +19:10:12 0.0 23.35 36 27Bet Lib 15:17:00.3 -09:22:59 2.6 9.42 14 4 Ser 15:15:48.9 +00:22:20 5.7 1.82 20 PPM 179486 15:08:00.0 -00:03:21 8.5 0.25 19 14GE54 15:08:52.1 -00:11:00 16.6 19 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/05/03 01:47:18 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute