RECON: TNO occultation with 14UO224

Event between 14UO224 and star GA1100:01624450 with event index number of 1976330

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/12/12 14:22:59 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:58:03.9 +21:20:30
Equinox of date position of star is 05:59:22.7 +21:20:33
Stellar brightness G=15.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 81 degrees from the moon. Moon is 65% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.5

TNO is 38.0 AU from the Sun and 37.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 123 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1392 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.7
Diameter=442.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.8 sec chord
Diameter=180.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14UO224, (2021/12/12 14:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:21.6 +07:24:34  0.4 13.95  79
Alnath         05:27:40.9 +28:37:26  1.6 10.22  74
PPM 095249     06:03:01.2 +22:23:59  6.2  1.35  82
PPM 095175     06:00:04.9 +21:13:47  8.2  0.20  81
PPM 095167     05:59:47.9 +21:29:46  8.7  0.18  81
14UO224        05:59:22.8 +21:20:33 15.1        81
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 14UO224, (2021/12/12 14:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 13.95  79
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6 10.22  74
PPM 095249     06:01:41.6 +22:24:04  6.2  1.35  82
PPM 095175     05:58:46.0 +21:13:46  8.2  0.20  81
PPM 095167     05:58:28.9 +21:29:45  8.7  0.18  81
14UO224        05:58:03.9 +21:20:30 15.1        81
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/12/05 01:59:58 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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