RECON: TNO occultation with 14WC509

Event between 14WC509 and star GA1140:02804683 with event index number of 1800490

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/03/12 17:19:43 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:21:27.2 +24:28:19
Equinox of date position of star is 07:22:44.0 +24:25:51
Stellar brightness G=15.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 124 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.4

TNO is 32.5 AU from the Sun and 32.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 8.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 194 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1279 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=229.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 27.1 sec chord
Diameter=93.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14WC509, (2021/03/12 17:20UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:36.6 +27:58:24  1.1  6.42 129
57 Gem         07:24:45.9 +25:00:29  5.9  0.74 125
PPM 097353     07:20:13.0 +25:54:04  8.2  1.58 124
PPM 097443     07:24:31.8 +24:19:12 10.0  0.42 125
PPM 097400     07:22:23.9 +24:35:23 10.6  0.18 124
14WC509        07:22:44.5 +24:25:50 15.6       125
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 14WC509, (2021/03/12 17:20UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1  6.42 129
57 Gem         07:23:28.4 +25:03:01  5.9  0.74 125
PPM 097353     07:18:54.9 +25:56:28  8.2  1.58 124
PPM 097443     07:23:14.7 +24:21:44 10.0  0.42 125
PPM 097400     07:21:06.5 +24:37:52 10.6  0.18 124
14WC509        07:21:27.2 +24:28:19 15.6       124
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/19 21:04:56 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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