Event between 14YY49 and star GA0900:02833795 with event index number of 1130885
Geocentric closest approach at 2021/03/23 09:34:02 UTC
J2000 position of star is 07:30:09.7 +01:48:36
Equinox of date position of star is 07:31:15.4 +01:45:53
Stellar brightness G=16.4,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 23 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 68% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.5
TNO is 20.5 AU from the Sun
and 20.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 11.1
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 71 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1565 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.2
Diameter=55.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.0 sec chord
Diameter=22.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 14YY49, (2021/03/23 09:34UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Sirius 06:46:05.0 -16:44:47 -1.5 21.61 44 Alhena 06:38:56.3 +16:22:46 1.9 19.48 17 7Del1CMi 07:33:12.1 +01:52:05 5.3 0.50 23 PPM 152795 07:32:19.8 +02:07:26 7.5 0.45 23 PPM 152749 07:30:55.7 +01:42:56 9.9 0.10 23 14YY49 07:31:15.8 +01:45:52 16.4 23 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, (2021/03/23 09:34UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Sirius 06:45:08.1 -16:43:23 -1.5 21.61 44 Alhena 06:37:42.8 +16:23:57 1.9 19.48 17 7Del1CMi 07:32:05.9 +01:54:52 5.3 0.50 23 PPM 152795 07:31:13.5 +02:10:12 7.5 0.45 23 PPM 152749 07:29:49.7 +01:45:39 9.9 0.10 23 14YY49 07:30:09.7 +01:48:36 16.4 23 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/02/06 20:46:30 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute