Event between 14XA48 and star GA0780:00172503 with event index number of 2682460
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/12/19 23:09:50 UTC
J2000 position of star is 02:12:29.1 -10:31:59
Equinox of date position of star is 02:13:33.1 -10:25:54
Stellar brightness G=16.0,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 33 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 52% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.6
TNO is 43.1 AU from the Sun
and 42.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.2
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 382 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
4614 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=191.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 15.3 sec chord
Diameter=78.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 14XA48, (2023/12/19 23:10UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:17.9 +16:33:20 0.8 44.60 69 68Omi Cet 02:20:33.5 -02:52:12 2.0 7.74 34 PPM 211189 02:12:32.8 -09:56:29 6.1 0.55 33 PPM 211224 02:14:23.5 -10:22:58 9.4 0.18 33 14XA48 02:13:39.5 -10:25:18 16.0 33 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 14XA48, (2023/12/19 23:10UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 44.60 69 68Omi Cet 02:19:20.8 -02:58:45 2.0 7.74 34 PPM 211189 02:11:22.2 -10:03:12 6.1 0.55 33 PPM 211224 02:13:13.1 -10:29:39 9.4 0.18 33 14XA48 02:12:29.1 -10:31:59 16.0 33 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/19 23:51:46 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute