Event between 14OC394 and star GA0880:00028963 with event index number of 2511341
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/01/04 10:39:07 UTC
J2000 position of star is 00:20:17.6 -00:27:58
Equinox of date position of star is 00:21:24.8 -00:20:42
Stellar brightness G=12.9,
use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 168 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 47% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9
TNO is 41.5 AU from the Sun
and 41.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 9.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 282 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3333 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=287.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 30.9 sec chord
Diameter=117.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 12.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 14OC394, (2024/01/04 10:46UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:58:58.3 -29:29:40 1.2 35.18 133 Algenib 00:14:28.5 +15:19:01 2.8 15.75 165 PPM 182216 00:25:43.3 -02:05:11 6.1 2.04 167 PPM 143375 00:20:30.5 +00:39:13 8.2 1.02 168 PPM 174708 00:22:18.9 -00:07:10 9.6 0.29 168 PPM 174702 00:20:57.9 -00:24:46 10.1 0.16 167 14OC394 00:21:31.4 -00:19:59 12.9 168 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 14OC394, (2024/01/04 10:46UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 35.18 133 Algenib 00:13:14.2 +15:11:01 2.8 15.75 165 PPM 182216 00:24:29.6 -02:13:10 6.1 2.04 167 PPM 143375 00:19:16.6 +00:31:14 8.2 1.02 168 PPM 174708 00:21:05.1 -00:15:09 9.6 0.29 168 PPM 174702 00:19:44.1 -00:32:45 10.1 0.16 167 14OC394 00:20:17.6 -00:27:58 12.9 167 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/11/16 00:47:30 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute