Event between 14NB66 and star GA0900:16532016 with event index number of 2510342
Geocentric closest approach at 2021/09/29 12:56:15 UTC
J2000 position of star is 23:32:59.4 +01:32:30
Equinox of date position of star is 23:34:06.0 +01:39:42
Stellar brightness G=16.2,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 107 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 46% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5
TNO is 48.3 AU from the Sun
and 47.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 108 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2074 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.7
Diameter=440.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.7 sec chord
Diameter=179.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 14NB66, (2021/09/29 13:00UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:58:50.9 -29:30:24 1.2 32.29 126 Markab 23:05:50.7 +15:19:21 2.5 15.34 106 16 Psc 23:37:29.9 +02:13:23 5.7 1.02 106 PPM 174237 23:36:35.3 +01:26:00 7.4 0.66 107 PPM 174175 23:32:52.6 +01:20:26 9.1 0.44 107 PPM 174173 23:32:47.8 +01:51:10 10.2 0.38 107 14NB66 23:34:06.1 +01:39:43 16.2 107 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 14NB66, (2021/09/29 13:00UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 32.29 126 Markab 23:04:45.8 +15:12:18 2.5 15.34 106 16 Psc 23:36:23.2 +02:06:09 5.7 1.02 106 PPM 174237 23:35:28.5 +01:18:47 7.4 0.66 107 PPM 174175 23:31:45.8 +01:13:14 9.1 0.44 107 PPM 174173 23:31:41.0 +01:43:57 10.2 0.38 107 14NB66 23:32:59.4 +01:32:30 16.2 107 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/09/16 00:59:40 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute