Event between (543735) 14OS394 and star GA0980:00347468 with event index number of 2251885
Geocentric closest approach at 2021/11/06 01:01:52 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:52:46.5 +09:55:17
Equinox of date position of star is 03:53:57.9 +09:59:07
Stellar brightness G=16.5,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 170 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 2% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.0
TNO is 38.9 AU from the Sun
and 38.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.2
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 94 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1523 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.1
Diameter=358.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 15.4 sec chord
Diameter=146.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 543735, (2021/11/06 01:01UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:10.6 +16:33:05 0.8 12.39 169 Menkar 03:03:25.5 +04:10:27 2.5 13.81 160 30 Tau 03:49:28.3 +11:12:32 4.8 1.65 171 PPM 146995 03:53:59.0 +10:02:33 8.1 0.06 170 543735 03:53:58.0 +09:59:07 16.5 170 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 543735, (2021/11/06 01:01UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 12.39 169 Menkar 03:02:16.8 +04:05:21 2.5 13.81 160 30 Tau 03:48:16.3 +11:08:35 4.8 1.65 171 PPM 146995 03:52:47.4 +09:58:43 8.1 0.06 170 543735 03:52:46.5 +09:55:17 16.5 170 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/25 23:20:59 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute