RECON: TNO occultation with 14KE113

Event between 14KE113 and star GA0840:05551201 with event index number of 2500644

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/05/20 21:13:54 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:11:07.3 -04:00:49
Equinox of date position of star is 17:12:23.7 -04:02:30
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 51 degrees from the moon. Moon is 93% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.8

Object is 40.6 AU from the Sun and 39.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 293 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4758 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=280.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.1 sec chord
Diameter=114.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14KE113, (2024/05/20 21:14UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:54.4 -26:29:02  0.9 24.54  41
13Zet Oph      16:38:30.3 -10:36:52  2.6 10.67  42
PPM 200511     17:18:01.3 -06:16:12  6.0  2.63  52
PPM 200442     17:14:02.3 -04:04:50  8.4  0.41  51
PPM 200415     17:12:20.9 -04:11:22  9.5  0.15  51
14KE113        17:12:24.6 -04:02:32 16.1        51
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, (2024/05/20 21:14UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 24.54  41
13Zet Oph      16:37:09.6 -10:34:01  2.6 10.67  42
PPM 200511     17:16:42.8 -06:14:42  6.0  2.63  52
PPM 200442     17:12:45.0 -04:03:11  8.4  0.41  51
PPM 200415     17:11:03.5 -04:09:40  9.5  0.15  51
14KE113        17:11:07.3 -04:00:49 16.1        51
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/12 04:23:37 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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