RECON: TNO occultation with 14KE113

Event between 14KE113 and star GA0860:05140771 with event index number of 2500574

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/07/20 17:29:15 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:55:17.3 -02:13:23
Equinox of date position of star is 16:56:26.6 -02:15:26
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 134 degrees from the moon. Moon is 49% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9

TNO is 40.5 AU from the Sun and 39.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.3 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 3014 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=280.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 15.2 sec chord
Diameter=114.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14KE113, (2022/07/20 17:29UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:47.6 -26:28:48  0.9 24.99 139
13Zet Oph      16:38:24.2 -10:36:40  2.6  9.48 139
PPM 179990     17:06:42.0 -00:55:17  5.4  2.89 131
PPM 179954     16:55:20.8 -01:38:53  7.1  0.67 134
PPM 179958     16:56:53.1 -02:07:50 10.0  0.17 134
14KE113        16:56:27.7 -02:15:28 16.7       134
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 14KE113, (2022/07/20 17:29UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 24.99 139
13Zet Oph      16:37:09.6 -10:34:01  2.6  9.48 139
PPM 179990     17:05:32.2 -00:53:32  5.4  2.89 131
PPM 179954     16:54:10.6 -01:36:46  7.1  0.67 134
PPM 179958     16:55:42.7 -02:05:46 10.0  0.17 134
14KE113        16:55:17.3 -02:13:23 16.7       134
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/14 01:05:48 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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