RECON: TNO occultation with 14WN510

Event between 14WN510 and star GA0980:03750971 with event index number of 1072186

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/05/03 15:12:49 UTC

J2000 position of star is 12:06:13.5 +09:31:59
Equinox of date position of star is 12:07:18.5 +09:24:54
Stellar brightness G=14.1, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 134 degrees from the moon. Moon is 52% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.4

TNO is 39.6 AU from the Sun and 38.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 202 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2153 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.3
Diameter=329.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 21.1 sec chord
Diameter=134.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14WN510, (2021/05/03 14:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:19.2 -11:16:19  1.0 28.52 107
Denebola       11:50:08.8 +14:27:10  2.1  6.56 139
9Omi Vir       12:06:17.7 +08:36:52  4.1  0.84 133
PPM 158529     12:08:16.1 +09:32:39  8.1  0.27 133
14WN510        12:07:18.9 +09:24:51 14.1       133
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 14WN510, (2021/05/03 14:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 28.52 107
Denebola       11:49:02.9 +14:34:17  2.1  6.56 139
9Omi Vir       12:05:12.2 +08:44:00  4.1  0.84 133
PPM 158529     12:07:10.7 +09:39:46  8.1  0.27 133
14WN510        12:06:13.5 +09:31:59 14.1       133
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/03/14 00:41:52 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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