Event between 14NT86 and star GA0620:42721951 with event index number of 2510645
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/03/27 11:15:08 UTC
J2000 position of star is 20:27:08.3 -26:46:10
Equinox of date position of star is 20:28:30.6 -26:41:35
Stellar brightness G=15.7,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 136 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 34% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.6
TNO is 34.4 AU from the Sun
and 34.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.3
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 90 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1334 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.0
Diameter=373.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.8 sec chord
Diameter=152.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 14NT86, (2023/03/27 11:11UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:58:55.7 -29:29:55 1.2 33.14 105 38Zet Sgr 19:04:05.3 -29:50:42 2.7 18.83 154 PPM 271117 20:26:51.9 -28:35:10 5.8 1.93 136 PPM 271126 20:27:12.5 -26:28:46 8.0 0.37 136 PPM 271160 20:29:06.1 -26:37:42 9.4 0.14 135 14NT86 20:28:32.3 -26:41:30 15.7 135 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 14NT86, (2023/03/27 11:11UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 33.14 105 38Zet Sgr 19:02:36.7 -29:52:49 2.7 18.83 154 PPM 271117 20:25:26.9 -28:39:48 5.8 1.93 136 PPM 271126 20:25:48.7 -26:33:23 8.0 0.37 136 PPM 271160 20:27:42.2 -26:42:23 9.4 0.14 135 14NT86 20:27:08.3 -26:46:10 15.7 136 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/10 04:16:44 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute