RECON: TNO occultation with 14JQ92

Event between 14JQ92 and star GA0880:06464378 with event index number of 2491072

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/10/15 15:01:13 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:54:51.0 -00:55:09
Equinox of date position of star is 17:55:59.7 -00:55:18
Stellar brightness G=13.7, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 154 degrees from the moon. Moon is 69% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.0

TNO is 27.3 AU from the Sun and 27.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 115 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2138 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.4
Diameter=127.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.9 sec chord
Diameter=52.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E+6:4II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14JQ92, (2022/10/15 15:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:48.5 -26:28:50  0.9 32.76 160
60Bet Oph      17:44:36.0 +04:33:34  2.8  6.18 148
PPM 180184     17:53:10.2 -01:14:27  6.3  0.78 154
PPM 180195     17:55:14.6 -01:37:22  6.7  0.73 154
PPM 180194     17:55:08.6 -00:53:09  9.7  0.22 154
14JQ92         17:56:01.5 -00:55:18 13.7       154
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 14JQ92, (2022/10/15 15:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 32.76 160
60Bet Oph      17:43:28.3 +04:34:06  2.8  6.18 148
PPM 180184     17:51:59.5 -01:14:12  6.3  0.78 154
PPM 180195     17:54:03.7 -01:37:11  6.7  0.73 154
PPM 180194     17:53:58.0 -00:52:58  9.7  0.22 154
14JQ92         17:54:51.0 -00:55:09 13.7       154
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/14 01:08:42 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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