Event between 14NT86 and star GA0620:42725574 with event index number of 2510648
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/04/02 23:55:57 UTC
J2000 position of star is 20:27:38.1 -26:45:44
Equinox of date position of star is 20:29:00.3 -26:41:08
Stellar brightness G=14.0,
use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 146 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 90% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.6
TNO is 34.4 AU from the Sun
and 34.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 107 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1332 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.0
Diameter=373.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 23.4 sec chord
Diameter=152.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 14NT86, (2023/04/02 23:51UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:58:55.8 -29:29:54 1.2 33.04 163 38Zet Sgr 19:04:05.3 -29:50:41 2.7 18.94 127 PPM 271117 20:26:52.0 -28:35:10 5.8 1.96 145 PPM 271126 20:27:12.6 -26:28:45 8.0 0.46 146 PPM 271160 20:29:06.1 -26:37:41 9.4 0.06 146 14NT86 20:29:02.0 -26:41:03 14.0 147 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, (2023/04/02 23:51UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 33.04 163 38Zet Sgr 19:02:36.7 -29:52:49 2.7 18.94 127 PPM 271117 20:25:26.9 -28:39:48 5.8 1.96 145 PPM 271126 20:25:48.7 -26:33:23 8.0 0.46 146 PPM 271160 20:27:42.2 -26:42:23 9.4 0.06 146 14NT86 20:27:38.1 -26:45:44 14.0 146 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/10 04:16:46 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute