RECON: TNO occultation with 14YY49

Event between 14YY49 and star GA0900:03271541 with event index number of 2656899

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/03/12 09:39:31 UTC

J2000 position of star is 08:13:17.2 +00:55:05
Equinox of date position of star is 08:14:31.3 +00:50:40
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 104 degrees from the moon. Moon is 6% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=24.0

Object is 23.0 AU from the Sun and 22.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 124 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1855 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.2
Diameter=55.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.3 sec chord
Diameter=22.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14YY49, (2024/03/12 09:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:47.7 +27:57:57  1.1 27.92  92
Alphard        09:28:46.6 -08:45:53  2.0 20.84 123
PPM 153760     08:03:31.4 +02:15:59  5.8  3.10 101
PPM 154126     08:15:54.0 +01:04:56  7.5  0.42 104
PPM 154085     08:14:44.6 +00:48:00  8.6  0.07 104
14YY49         08:14:32.0 +00:50:38 15.9       104
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, (2024/03/12 09:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 27.92  92
Alphard        09:27:35.2 -08:39:30  2.0 20.84 123
PPM 153760     08:02:15.9 +02:20:07  5.8  3.10 101
PPM 154126     08:14:39.0 +01:09:26  7.5  0.42 104
PPM 154085     08:13:29.8 +00:52:27  8.6  0.07 104
14YY49         08:13:17.2 +00:55:05 15.9       104
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/16 05:08:51 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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