RECON: TNO occultation with 14UX229

Event between 14UX229 and star GA1100:00240314 with event index number of 237075

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/11/22 16:25:07 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:11:30.2 +20:16:30
Equinox of date position of star is 02:12:34.0 +20:21:51
Stellar brightness G=14.2, use SENSEUP=64
Star is 148 degrees from the moon. Moon is 20% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.7

TNO is 26.8 AU from the Sun and 25.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 62 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1159 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.4
Diameter=128.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.0 sec chord
Diameter=52.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14UX229, (2019/11/22 16:25UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:03.9 +16:32:52  0.8 34.40 118
Hamal          02:08:18.0 +23:33:20  2.0  3.34 146
15 Ari         02:11:44.0 +19:35:36  5.7  0.80 148
PPM 118048     02:14:58.2 +19:42:24  8.1  0.86 148
PPM 091410     02:10:49.6 +20:26:23  9.9  0.42 148
PPM 091421     02:12:14.7 +20:24:03 11.6  0.09 148
14UX229        02:12:36.7 +20:22:05 14.2       147
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 14UX229, (2019/11/22 16:25UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 34.40 118
Hamal          02:07:10.7 +23:27:42  2.0  3.34 146
15 Ari         02:10:37.7 +19:30:01  5.7  0.80 148
PPM 118048     02:13:51.8 +19:36:52  8.1  0.86 148
PPM 091410     02:09:43.1 +20:20:47  9.9  0.42 148
PPM 091421     02:11:08.2 +20:18:28 11.6  0.09 148
14UX229        02:11:30.2 +20:16:30 14.2       148
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/01/30 20:36:42 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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