Event between (523746) 14UT114 and star GA1240:01620058 with event index number of 1055079
Geocentric closest approach at 2021/03/06 00:01:27 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:09:39.7 +35:49:08
Equinox of date position of star is 05:11:04.5 +35:50:39
Stellar brightness G=14.0,
use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 166 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 51% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.3
TNO is 15.9 AU from the Sun
and 15.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 10.1
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 179 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1763 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.0
Diameter=95.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.5 sec chord
Diameter=39.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 523746, (2021/03/06 00:01UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:08.3 +16:33:01 0.8 20.72 173 3Iot Aur 04:58:22.6 +33:11:52 2.7 3.72 169 PPM 070048 05:14:43.5 +37:21:36 6.5 1.68 165 PPM 070020 05:12:59.2 +35:58:55 8.4 0.41 166 PPM 069965 05:10:13.8 +36:05:19 9.4 0.30 166 PPM 070000 05:12:06.9 +35:57:49 10.5 0.24 166 523746 05:11:04.8 +35:50:39 14.0 166 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 523746, (2021/03/06 00:01UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 20.72 173 3Iot Aur 04:56:59.6 +33:09:58 2.7 3.72 169 PPM 070048 05:13:17.2 +37:20:12 6.5 1.68 165 PPM 070020 05:11:34.0 +35:57:27 8.4 0.41 166 PPM 069965 05:08:48.5 +36:03:46 9.4 0.30 166 PPM 070000 05:10:41.7 +35:56:19 10.5 0.24 166 523746 05:09:39.7 +35:49:08 14.0 166 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/02/06 20:42:27 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute