Event between 14WC536 and star GA0960:00327846 with event index number of 1587951
Geocentric closest approach at 2020/10/06 17:56:14 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:45:41.2 +06:14:08
Equinox of date position of star is 03:46:45.8 +06:17:51
Stellar brightness G=15.6,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 16 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 80% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=25.5
TNO is 34.9 AU from the Sun
and 34.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.7
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 220 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3112 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=203.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.4 sec chord
Diameter=83.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 14WC536, (2020/10/06 17:56UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:06.9 +16:32:58 0.8 16.02 5 Menkar 03:03:22.1 +04:10:12 2.5 11.02 25 29 Tau 03:46:46.8 +06:06:49 5.3 0.19 17 PPM 146878 03:46:09.4 +06:42:03 8.5 0.43 16 29 Tau 03:46:46.8 +06:06:49 5.3 0.19 17 PPM 146891 03:47:04.0 +06:25:40 10.1 0.15 16 14WC536 03:46:47.6 +06:17:57 15.6 16 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 14WC536, (2020/10/06 17:56UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 16.02 5 Menkar 03:02:16.8 +04:05:21 2.5 11.02 25 29 Tau 03:45:40.5 +06:03:00 5.3 0.19 17 PPM 146878 03:45:02.8 +06:38:13 8.5 0.43 16 29 Tau 03:45:40.5 +06:03:00 5.3 0.19 17 PPM 146891 03:45:57.5 +06:21:51 10.1 0.15 16 14WC536 03:45:41.2 +06:14:08 15.6 16 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2020/03/12 20:40:00 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute