RECON: TNO occultation with 14SG378

Event between 14SG378 and star GA0820:00143220 with event index number of 2162367

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/06/28 09:15:53 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:49:31.2 -06:17:25
Equinox of date position of star is 01:50:36.8 -06:10:58
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 27 degrees from the moon. Moon is 56% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.0

TNO is 42.3 AU from the Sun and 42.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.4 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 324 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3228 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=288.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.3 sec chord
Diameter=117.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14SG378, (2024/06/28 09:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:59.8 -29:29:30  1.2 46.65  33
68Omi Cet      02:20:35.1 -02:52:03  2.0  8.14  34
PPM 183757     01:43:57.9 -03:34:04  5.0  3.10  25
PPM 183940     01:52:51.3 -06:45:14  6.6  0.78  28
PPM 183900     01:50:57.6 -06:12:04  9.4  0.06  27
14SG378        01:50:44.9 -06:10:10 16.4        28
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 14SG378, (2024/06/28 09:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 46.65  33
68Omi Cet      02:19:20.8 -02:58:45  2.0  8.14  34
PPM 183757     01:42:43.5 -03:41:25  5.0  3.10  25
PPM 183940     01:51:37.8 -06:52:27  6.6  0.78  28
PPM 183900     01:49:44.0 -06:19:19  9.4  0.06  27
14SG378        01:49:31.2 -06:17:25 16.4        27
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/28 23:02:59 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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