Event between 14TT100 and star GA0860:00268984 with event index number of 2569905
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/02/14 10:00:02 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:18:56.0 -02:32:57
Equinox of date position of star is 03:20:01.9 -02:28:15
Stellar brightness G=15.8,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 151 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 42% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.3
TNO is 34.7 AU from the Sun
and 34.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.5
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 176 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3355 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.7
Diameter=149.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.5 sec chord
Diameter=60.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 14TT100, (2023/02/14 10:01UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:15.0 +16:33:14 0.8 26.92 171 Menkar 03:03:29.5 +04:10:45 2.5 7.83 155 95 Cet 03:19:33.5 -00:50:51 6.2 1.62 153 PPM 185639 03:20:12.2 -02:45:39 7.3 0.30 151 PPM 185643 03:20:23.0 -02:19:22 9.8 0.16 151 14TT100 03:20:06.1 -02:27:58 15.8 151 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 14TT100, (2023/02/14 10:01UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 26.92 171 Menkar 03:02:16.8 +04:05:21 2.5 7.83 155 95 Cet 03:18:22.8 -00:55:50 6.2 1.62 153 PPM 185639 03:19:02.3 -02:50:38 7.3 0.30 151 PPM 185643 03:19:12.9 -02:24:20 9.8 0.16 151 14TT100 03:18:56.0 -02:32:57 15.8 151 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/06 01:13:44 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute