Event between 14MF70 and star GA0700:07262415 with event index number of 2508953
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/04/01 23:46:29 UTC
J2000 position of star is 16:56:14.3 -18:45:59
Equinox of date position of star is 16:57:36.9 -18:48:07
Stellar brightness G=15.1,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 28 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 52% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9
Object is 32.7 AU from the Sun
and 32.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 7.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 289 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1357 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=283.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 36.5 sec chord
Diameter=115.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 14.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 14MF70, (2024/04/01 23:55UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:53.9 -26:29:01 0.9 9.85 31 35Eta Oph 17:11:46.2 -15:45:12 2.6 4.54 26 PPM 232367 16:58:29.5 -19:34:36 6.1 0.80 27 PPM 232321 16:56:31.6 -18:55:18 8.1 0.29 28 PPM 232319 16:56:28.6 -18:48:30 9.6 0.28 28 14MF70 16:57:39.5 -18:48:11 15.1 27 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 14MF70, (2024/04/01 23:55UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 9.85 31 35Eta Oph 17:10:22.7 -15:43:29 2.6 4.54 26 PPM 232367 16:57:03.9 -19:32:25 6.1 0.80 27 PPM 232321 16:55:06.4 -18:53:03 8.1 0.29 28 PPM 232319 16:55:03.4 -18:46:16 9.6 0.28 28 14MF70 16:56:14.3 -18:45:59 15.1 28 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/07/03 03:25:55 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute