Event between 14WK510 and star GA1060:01504081 with event index number of 1052761
Geocentric closest approach at 2020/02/01 15:14:33 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:59:12.9 +16:57:32
Equinox of date position of star is 06:00:20.6 +16:57:32
Stellar brightness G=15.9,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 52 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 46% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5
TNO is 35.5 AU from the Sun
and 34.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.3
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 490 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1823 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=247.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.3 sec chord
Diameter=101.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 14WK510, (2020/02/01 15:15UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:15.6 +07:24:33 0.4 9.60 52 Alhena 06:38:52.3 +16:22:50 1.9 9.24 61 64 Ori 06:04:38.6 +19:41:19 4.9 2.91 53 PPM 121686 05:59:49.7 +16:35:55 7.7 0.38 52 PPM 121708 06:00:34.2 +16:59:58 10.0 0.06 52 14WK510 06:00:22.9 +16:57:32 15.9 52 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.
Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.
Star training set for 14WK510, (2020/02/01 15:15UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 9.60 52 Alhena 06:37:42.8 +16:23:57 1.9 9.24 61 64 Ori 06:03:27.3 +19:41:26 4.9 2.91 53 PPM 121686 05:58:40.0 +16:35:53 7.7 0.38 52 PPM 121708 05:59:24.2 +16:59:58 10.0 0.06 52 14WK510 05:59:12.9 +16:57:32 15.9 52 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 23:13:21 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute