Event between 14LT28 and star GA0620:42819846 with event index number of 1107819
Geocentric closest approach at 2021/07/24 05:32:54 UTC
J2000 position of star is 20:41:17.4 -27:40:24
Equinox of date position of star is 20:42:33.3 -27:35:50
Stellar brightness G=16.9,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 5 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 100% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.1
TNO is 42.0 AU from the Sun
and 41.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.5
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 109 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1637 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.9
Diameter=394.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.1 sec chord
Diameter=161.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 14LT28, (2021/07/24 05:33UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:58:50.2 -29:30:27 1.2 29.88 34 38Zet Sgr 19:03:58.9 -29:50:51 2.7 21.69 20 PPM 271487 20:42:41.3 -25:55:20 6.2 1.67 4 PPM 271468 20:41:53.1 -27:30:32 8.1 0.18 5 14LT28 20:42:35.1 -27:35:44 16.9 6 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 14LT28, (2021/07/24 05:33UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 29.88 34 38Zet Sgr 19:02:36.7 -29:52:49 2.7 21.69 20 PPM 271487 20:41:24.3 -26:00:01 6.2 1.67 4 PPM 271468 20:40:35.3 -27:35:12 8.1 0.18 5 14LT28 20:41:17.4 -27:40:24 16.9 5 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/24 20:36:47 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute