Event between 14UU240 and star GA0880:00288795 with event index number of 2570287
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/03/09 12:06:08 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:28:40.9 -01:46:01
Equinox of date position of star is 03:29:47.2 -01:41:35
Stellar brightness G=16.6,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 139 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 96% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.2
TNO is 30.5 AU from the Sun
and 30.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 22.2
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 100 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2222 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.1
Diameter=123.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.6 sec chord
Diameter=50.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 1:1
Star training set for 14UU240, (2023/03/09 12:06UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:15.2 +16:33:15 0.8 24.69 121 Menkar 03:03:29.7 +04:10:46 2.5 8.82 145 95 Cet 03:19:33.7 -00:50:50 6.2 2.71 141 PPM 185816 03:29:19.1 -02:24:02 8.2 0.73 139 PPM 175314 03:29:27.1 -01:46:30 9.7 0.13 139 14UU240 03:29:51.5 -01:41:17 16.6 138 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, (2023/03/09 12:06UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 24.69 121 Menkar 03:02:16.8 +04:05:21 2.5 8.82 145 95 Cet 03:18:22.8 -00:55:50 6.2 2.71 141 PPM 185816 03:28:08.8 -02:28:47 8.2 0.73 139 PPM 175314 03:28:16.5 -01:51:15 9.7 0.13 139 14UU240 03:28:40.9 -01:46:01 16.6 139 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/06 01:15:37 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute