RECON: TNO occultation with 14SC374

Event between 14SC374 and star GA0800:00262097 with event index number of 2516687

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/10/10 01:49:02 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:24:05.9 -09:37:38
Equinox of date position of star is 03:25:10.2 -09:32:59
Stellar brightness G=14.1, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 36 degrees from the moon. Moon is 100% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.4

TNO is 33.0 AU from the Sun and 32.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 108 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2125 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.1
Diameter=145.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.3 sec chord
Diameter=59.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 1:1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14SC374, (2022/10/10 01:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:38.0 -08:10:37  0.1 27.31  61
Menkar         03:03:28.4 +04:10:40  2.5 14.75  27
PPM 185716     03:24:24.5 -07:42:56  6.4  1.84  35
PPM 185626     03:19:25.9 -09:38:59  8.5  1.43  34
PPM 185739     03:25:45.0 -09:28:19  9.6  0.16  36
14SC374        03:25:11.9 -09:32:52 14.1        36
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 14SC374, (2022/10/10 01:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1 27.31  61
Menkar         03:02:16.8 +04:05:21  2.5 14.75  27
PPM 185716     03:23:17.7 -07:47:44  6.4  1.84  35
PPM 185626     03:18:19.8 -09:43:54  8.5  1.43  34
PPM 185739     03:24:39.0 -09:33:04  9.6  0.16  36
14SC374        03:24:05.9 -09:37:38 14.1        36
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/12 01:48:15 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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