RECON: TNO occultation with 14JE80

Event between 14JE80 and star GA0700:33806836 with event index number of 2487591

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/03/20 03:06:56 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:54:51.7 -19:41:56
Equinox of date position of star is 19:56:15.9 -19:38:02
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 171 degrees from the moon. Moon is 78% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.8

Object is 19.2 AU from the Sun and 19.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 394 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3325 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.7
Diameter=70.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.2 sec chord
Diameter=28.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14JE80, (2024/03/20 03:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:59.0 -29:29:36  1.2 42.42 147
Nunki          18:56:45.9 -26:15:52  2.0 15.20 159
57 Sgr         19:53:36.3 -18:58:54  5.8  0.91 170
PPM 236688     19:56:48.5 -19:13:39  7.2  0.43 171
PPM 236661     19:55:39.4 -19:25:55  9.2  0.25 171
14JE80         19:56:16.2 -19:38:02 16.0       171
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 14JE80, (2024/03/20 03:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 42.42 147
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0 15.20 159
57 Sgr         19:52:12.0 -19:02:43  5.8  0.91 170
PPM 236688     19:55:24.1 -19:17:34  7.2  0.43 171
PPM 236661     19:54:14.9 -19:29:48  9.2  0.25 171
14JE80         19:54:51.7 -19:41:56 16.0       171
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/12 04:19:10 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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