RECON: TNO occultation with 14YY49

Event between 14YY49 and star GA0900:02875371 with event index number of 1057168

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/02/12 20:02:15 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:33:08.3 +01:09:08
Equinox of date position of star is 07:34:13.7 +01:06:20
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 132 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.4

TNO is 20.4 AU from the Sun and 19.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 20.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 74 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 867 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.2
Diameter=55.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.7 sec chord
Diameter=22.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14YY49, (2021/02/12 20:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Sirius         06:46:04.7 -16:44:47 -1.5 21.44 114
Alhena         06:38:55.9 +16:22:46  1.9 20.46 121
7Del1CMi       07:33:11.7 +01:52:05  5.3  0.81 132
PPM 152811     07:32:54.8 +01:07:07  8.0  0.33 131
PPM 152865     07:34:26.8 +01:06:23  9.4  0.05 132
14YY49         07:34:13.8 +01:06:20 15.4       132
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, (2021/02/12 20:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Sirius         06:45:08.1 -16:43:23 -1.5 21.44 114
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9 20.46 121
7Del1CMi       07:32:05.9 +01:54:52  5.3  0.81 132
PPM 152811     07:31:49.3 +01:09:53  8.0  0.33 131
PPM 152865     07:33:21.3 +01:09:11  9.4  0.05 132
14YY49         07:33:08.3 +01:09:08 15.4       132
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/02/06 20:35:34 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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