RECON: TNO occultation with 14UU240

Event between 14UU240 and star GA0880:00302894 with event index number of 2570279

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/07/15 00:36:23 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:37:29.8 -01:52:48
Equinox of date position of star is 03:38:35.9 -01:48:35
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 99 degrees from the moon. Moon is 97% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.2

TNO is 30.5 AU from the Sun and 31.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.9 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 124 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2435 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.1
Diameter=123.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.3 sec chord
Diameter=50.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 1:1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14UU240, (2022/07/15 00:36UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:13.0 +16:33:10  0.8 23.37 119
Menkar         03:03:27.6 +04:10:37  2.5 10.63  93
PPM 186038     03:40:46.2 -03:19:18  6.4  1.61  99
PPM 175342     03:39:24.9 -01:40:20  8.5  0.24  99
PPM 175343     03:39:32.5 -01:50:01  9.8  0.23  99
14UU240        03:38:38.3 -01:48:26 16.6        99
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 14UU240, (2022/07/15 00:36UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 23.37 119
Menkar         03:02:16.8 +04:05:21  2.5 10.63  93
PPM 186038     03:39:38.3 -03:23:36  6.4  1.61  99
PPM 175342     03:38:16.3 -01:44:41  8.5  0.24  99
PPM 175343     03:38:24.0 -01:54:22  9.8  0.23  99
14UU240        03:37:29.8 -01:52:48 16.6        99
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/06 01:07:01 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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