Event between 14GL54 and star GA0880:04839602 with event index number of 313076
Geocentric closest approach at 2020/02/27 07:55:15 UTC
J2000 position of star is 16:31:06.3 -01:05:57
Equinox of date position of star is 16:32:07.6 -01:08:26
Stellar brightness G=15.7,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 131 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 12% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.1
TNO is 36.9 AU from the Sun
and 36.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 9.6
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 215 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2382 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.3
Diameter=332.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 34.6 sec chord
Diameter=135.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 14.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 14GL54, (2020/02/27 07:55UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:38.8 -26:28:30 0.9 25.34 128 1Del Oph 16:15:24.2 -03:44:41 2.7 4.93 135 12 Oph 16:37:25.1 -02:21:58 5.8 1.80 130 PPM 162690 16:29:44.2 +00:00:40 8.3 1.30 132 PPM 179834 16:31:04.5 -00:50:36 8.9 0.40 131 PPM 179839 16:32:20.1 -01:14:41 10.9 0.11 131 14GL54 16:32:08.8 -01:08:29 15.7 131 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 14GL54, (2020/02/27 07:55UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 25.34 128 1Del Oph 16:14:20.7 -03:41:42 2.7 4.93 135 12 Oph 16:36:22.1 -02:19:35 5.8 1.80 130 PPM 162690 16:28:42.2 +00:03:16 8.3 1.30 132 PPM 179834 16:30:02.2 -00:48:03 8.9 0.40 131 PPM 179839 16:31:17.6 -01:12:09 10.9 0.11 131 14GL54 16:31:06.3 -01:05:57 15.7 131 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2019/10/15 22:11:17 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute