Event between 14YY49 and star GA0900:03266437 with event index number of 2656794
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/12/01 20:18:53 UTC
J2000 position of star is 08:12:30.5 +00:21:56
Equinox of date position of star is 08:13:40.6 +00:17:46
Stellar brightness G=15.4,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 126 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 64% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.8
TNO is 22.0 AU from the Sun
and 21.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 13.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 177 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1039 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.2
Diameter=55.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.1 sec chord
Diameter=22.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 14YY49, (2022/12/01 20:19UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Sirius 06:46:09.5 -16:44:55 -1.5 27.49 102 Alphard 09:28:42.8 -08:45:33 2.0 20.76 142 PPM 153760 08:03:27.4 +02:16:12 5.8 3.23 123 PPM 154052 08:13:13.0 +00:19:46 8.1 0.12 126 PPM 154064 08:13:44.9 +00:15:52 9.8 0.04 126 14YY49 08:13:41.1 +00:17:44 15.4 126 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, (2022/12/01 20:19UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Sirius 06:45:08.0 -16:43:24 -1.5 27.49 102 Alphard 09:27:35.2 -08:39:30 2.0 20.76 142 PPM 153760 08:02:15.9 +02:20:07 5.8 3.23 123 PPM 154052 08:12:02.3 +00:23:57 8.1 0.12 126 PPM 154064 08:12:34.3 +00:20:04 9.8 0.04 126 14YY49 08:12:30.5 +00:21:56 15.4 126 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/09/30 04:13:56 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute