RECON: TNO occultation with 14PE88

Event between 14PE88 and star GA0520:39433511 with event index number of 2739173

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/08/28 01:32:01 UTC

J2000 position of star is 22:05:26.4 -36:21:34
Equinox of date position of star is 22:06:44.0 -36:15:08
Stellar brightness G=14.4, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 151 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9

TNO is 37.4 AU from the Sun and 36.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 141 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2162 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=233.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.9 sec chord
Diameter=95.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14PE88, (2022/08/28 01:32UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:53.8 -29:30:06  1.2 12.84 161
Alnair         22:09:39.0 -46:51:01  1.7 10.62 142
PPM 302003     21:57:44.1 -37:08:44  5.6  2.02 149
PPM 302115     22:03:46.8 -35:43:31  8.3  0.80 151
PPM 302162     22:06:22.1 -36:24:04 10.0  0.17 151
14PE88         22:06:46.6 -36:14:55 14.4       151
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 14PE88, (2022/08/28 01:32UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 12.84 161
Alnair         22:08:14.3 -46:57:43  1.7 10.62 142
PPM 302003     21:56:22.7 -37:15:14  5.6  2.02 149
PPM 302115     22:02:26.5 -35:50:07  8.3  0.80 151
PPM 302162     22:05:01.7 -36:30:42 10.0  0.17 151
14PE88         22:05:26.4 -36:21:34 14.4       151
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/12/02 00:59:32 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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