RECON: TNO occultation with 14WO510

Event between 14WO510 and star GA1140:00976680 with event index number of 1055339

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/02/10 13:57:02 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:06:13.0 +24:00:52
Equinox of date position of star is 05:07:30.1 +24:02:29
Stellar brightness G=14.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 131 degrees from the moon. Moon is 2% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.4

TNO is 32.4 AU from the Sun and 32.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 7.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 507 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1490 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=234.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 29.7 sec chord
Diameter=95.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 12.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14WO510, (2021/02/10 13:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:08.1 +16:33:00  0.8 10.33 122
Alnath         05:27:37.7 +28:37:24  1.6  6.43 136
103 Tau        05:09:24.0 +24:17:28  5.3  0.50 131
PPM 094048     05:06:29.0 +23:49:35  8.3  0.32 130
PPM 094072     05:08:15.5 +24:03:44  9.6  0.17 131
14WO510        05:07:30.2 +24:02:29 14.7       131
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 14WO510, (2021/02/10 13:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 10.33 122
Alnath         05:26:17.5 +28:36:23  1.6  6.43 136
103 Tau        05:08:06.6 +24:15:54  5.3  0.50 131
PPM 094048     05:05:12.0 +23:47:56  8.3  0.32 130
PPM 094072     05:06:58.4 +24:02:09  9.6  0.17 131
14WO510        05:06:13.0 +24:00:52 14.7       131
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/02/06 20:35:31 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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