Event between 14WD556 and star GA0720:00177554 with event index number of 1969113
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/10/11 03:32:59 UTC
J2000 position of star is 02:21:41.3 -17:25:37
Equinox of date position of star is 02:22:43.1 -17:19:41
Stellar brightness G=14.5,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 91 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 54% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.3
TNO is 31.9 AU from the Sun
and 31.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.1
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 234 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3928 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.2
Diameter=112.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.0 sec chord
Diameter=45.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 14WD556, (2024/10/11 03:32UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Rigel 05:15:43.8 -08:10:29 0.1 43.03 130 68Omi Cet 02:20:36.0 -02:51:58 2.0 14.46 97 PPM 211427 02:23:15.1 -17:33:02 5.9 0.25 91 PPM 211432 02:23:28.9 -16:23:43 7.4 0.93 91 PPM 211401 02:22:20.0 -17:10:17 10.0 0.19 91 14WD556 02:22:51.5 -17:18:53 14.5 91 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 14WD556, (2024/10/11 03:32UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Rigel 05:14:32.3 -08:12:06 0.1 43.03 130 68Omi Cet 02:19:20.8 -02:58:45 2.0 14.46 97 PPM 211427 02:22:05.0 -17:39:45 5.9 0.25 91 PPM 211432 02:22:18.4 -16:30:26 7.4 0.93 91 PPM 211401 02:21:09.8 -17:17:02 10.0 0.19 91 14WD556 02:21:41.3 -17:25:37 14.5 91 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/30 22:59:27 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute