RECON: TNO occultation with 14YY49

Event between 14YY49 and star GA0900:02807761 with event index number of 321830

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/10/03 03:12:19 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:28:25.9 +01:54:18
Equinox of date position of star is 07:29:26.4 +01:51:50
Stellar brightness G=15.8, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 133 degrees from the moon. Moon is 25% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.4

TNO is 19.3 AU from the Sun and 19.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 67 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1160 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.2
Diameter=55.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.4 sec chord
Diameter=22.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14YY49, (2019/10/03 03:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Sirius         06:46:01.1 -16:44:40 -1.5 21.47 131
Alhena         06:38:51.2 +16:22:51  1.9 19.13 150
7Del1CMi       07:33:07.5 +01:52:16  5.3  0.92 132
PPM 152715     07:29:43.6 +02:14:29  7.4  0.38 133
PPM 152705     07:29:21.3 +01:32:55  9.6  0.32 133
14YY49         07:29:27.4 +01:51:48 15.8       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 14YY49, (2019/10/03 03:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Sirius         06:45:08.1 -16:43:21 -1.5 21.47 131
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9 19.13 150
7Del1CMi       07:32:05.9 +01:54:52  5.3  0.92 132
PPM 152715     07:28:41.9 +02:16:59  7.4  0.38 133
PPM 152705     07:28:19.9 +01:35:25  9.6  0.32 133
14YY49         07:28:25.9 +01:54:18 15.8       133
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 22:42:31 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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