Event between 14LT28 and star GA0620:42915039 with event index number of 2506586
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/08/09 11:28:20 UTC
J2000 position of star is 20:58:15.9 -26:56:47
Equinox of date position of star is 20:59:37.0 -26:51:25
Stellar brightness G=16.3,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 116 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 22% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.0
TNO is 42.1 AU from the Sun
and 41.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.4
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 143 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1789 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=407.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.8 sec chord
Diameter=166.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 14LT28, (2024/08/09 11:26UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:59:00.2 -29:29:28 1.2 26.35 136 Alnair 22:09:46.3 -46:50:26 1.7 24.29 117 PPM 271828 20:58:14.8 -26:12:03 5.5 0.73 116 PPM 271888 21:00:58.4 -26:55:44 8.2 0.29 116 PPM 271850 20:59:00.2 -26:57:47 9.3 0.20 116 14LT28 20:59:43.4 -26:51:00 16.3 117 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, (2024/08/09 11:26UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 26.35 136 Alnair 22:08:14.3 -46:57:43 1.7 24.29 117 PPM 271828 20:56:47.5 -26:17:48 5.5 0.73 116 PPM 271888 20:59:30.9 -27:01:33 8.2 0.29 116 PPM 271850 20:57:32.6 -27:03:33 9.3 0.20 116 14LT28 20:58:15.9 -26:56:47 16.3 116 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/21 03:23:21 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute