Event between 14RL74 and star GA0760:00266864 with event index number of 2734367
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/12/27 16:46:03 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:11:19.5 -12:48:27
Equinox of date position of star is 03:12:22.0 -12:43:33
Stellar brightness G=16.2,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 69 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 99% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.8
TNO is 49.2 AU from the Sun
and 48.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 197 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2042 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=415.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 23.3 sec chord
Diameter=169.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 14RL74, (2023/12/27 16:46UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Rigel 05:15:41.5 -08:10:32 0.1 30.61 44 68Omi Cet 02:20:33.6 -02:52:11 2.0 16.18 74 PPM 212547 03:12:23.6 -15:56:08 6.1 3.22 71 PPM 212538 03:12:13.5 -13:10:29 6.6 0.46 69 PPM 212543 03:12:21.2 -12:46:45 9.5 0.07 69 14RL74 03:12:27.9 -12:43:05 16.2 69 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 14RL74, (2023/12/27 16:46UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Rigel 05:14:32.3 -08:12:06 0.1 30.61 44 68Omi Cet 02:19:20.8 -02:58:45 2.0 16.18 74 PPM 212547 03:11:16.7 -16:01:30 6.1 3.22 71 PPM 212538 03:11:05.3 -13:15:51 6.6 0.46 69 PPM 212543 03:11:12.9 -12:52:07 9.5 0.07 69 14RL74 03:11:19.5 -12:48:27 16.2 69 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/12/02 01:43:27 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute