RECON: TNO occultation with 14OE394

Event between 14OE394 and star GA0680:35650811 with event index number of 1007646

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/11/12 10:55:08 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:52:42.0 -21:43:30
Equinox of date position of star is 19:53:53.5 -21:40:18
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 105 degrees from the moon. Moon is 11% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=26.7

TNO is 45.6 AU from the Sun and 46.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 251 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2784 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=654.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.5 sec chord
Diameter=267.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14OE394, (2020/11/12 10:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:47.9 -29:30:40  1.2 42.14 140
Nunki          18:56:33.5 -26:16:08  2.0 13.88  91
PPM 270417     19:55:32.6 -23:53:15  6.1  2.25 105
PPM 270446     19:56:45.4 -21:27:10  8.4  0.69 105
PPM 270367     19:53:04.6 -21:40:18  9.5  0.20 104
14OE394        19:53:55.9 -21:40:11 16.3       105
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 14OE394, (2020/11/12 10:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:23  1.2 42.14 140
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0 13.88  91
PPM 270417     19:54:17.6 -23:56:36  6.1  2.25 105
PPM 270446     19:55:31.7 -21:30:33  8.4  0.69 105
PPM 270367     19:51:50.7 -21:43:36  9.5  0.20 104
14OE394        19:52:42.0 -21:43:30 16.3       104
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/03/12 20:49:08 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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