RECON: TNO occultation with 14OD394

Event between 14OD394 and star GA0860:00097690 with event index number of 1052106

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/07/01 19:36:15 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:10:14.4 -03:26:31
Equinox of date position of star is 01:11:16.1 -03:20:05
Stellar brightness G=15.6, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 138 degrees from the moon. Moon is 86% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=27.0

TNO is 48.3 AU from the Sun and 48.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 8.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 650 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2512 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=434.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.1 sec chord
Diameter=177.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14OD394, (2020/07/01 19:36UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:46.7 -29:30:47  1.2 40.87  98
Diphda         00:44:37.0 -17:52:28  2.0 15.94 124
34 Cet         01:12:46.2 -02:08:34  5.8  1.25 139
PPM 183087     01:10:13.2 -02:46:37  8.5  0.62 138
PPM 183113     01:11:21.5 -03:27:04  9.7  0.12 138
14OD394        01:11:17.0 -03:20:00 15.6       138
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 14OD394, (2020/07/01 19:36UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:23  1.2 40.87  98
Diphda         00:43:35.7 -17:59:11  2.0 15.94 124
34 Cet         01:11:43.4 -02:15:05  5.8  1.25 139
PPM 183087     01:09:10.6 -02:53:09  8.5  0.62 138
PPM 183113     01:10:19.0 -03:33:35  9.7  0.12 138
14OD394        01:10:14.4 -03:26:31 15.6       138
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/03/12 20:31:29 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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