RECON: TNO occultation with 14UO250

Event between 14UO250 and star GA0920:00221376 with event index number of 1949362

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/11/16 01:04:27 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:37:09.0 +02:56:08
Equinox of date position of star is 02:38:16.8 +03:01:45
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 101 degrees from the moon. Moon is 55% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.4

TNO is 39.3 AU from the Sun and 38.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 202 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1969 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.4
Diameter=174.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.3 sec chord
Diameter=71.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14UO250, (2022/11/16 01:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:14.2 +16:33:13  0.8 32.18  69
Menkar         03:03:28.7 +04:10:41  2.5  6.38  95
82Del Cet      02:40:39.4 +00:25:34  4.1  2.67 101
PPM 145770     02:39:48.3 +03:32:27  7.1  0.63 100
PPM 145763     02:38:51.7 +03:34:50 10.0  0.56 101
PPM 145744     02:37:32.9 +03:10:19 10.9  0.24 101
14UO250        02:38:20.3 +03:02:02 16.9       101
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 14UO250, (2022/11/16 01:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 32.18  69
Menkar         03:02:16.8 +04:05:21  2.5  6.38  95
82Del Cet      02:39:29.0 +00:19:42  4.1  2.67 101
PPM 145770     02:38:36.8 +03:26:35  7.1  0.63 100
PPM 145763     02:37:40.1 +03:28:57 10.0  0.56 101
PPM 145744     02:36:21.5 +03:04:24 10.9  0.24 101
14UO250        02:37:09.0 +02:56:08 16.9       101
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/06 01:08:53 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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