Event between (592044) 14MB70 and star GA0840:20020119 with event index number of 2703135
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/05/14 08:29:21 UTC
J2000 position of star is 23:19:37.8 -05:02:01
Equinox of date position of star is 23:20:45.4 -04:54:50
Stellar brightness G=16.7,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 142 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 39% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6
TNO is 42.1 AU from the Sun
and 42.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.6
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 285 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3542 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=354.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 20.2 sec chord
Diameter=144.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 592044, (2024/05/14 08:29UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:58:59.5 -29:29:33 1.2 25.13 153 Markab 23:05:58.6 +15:20:13 2.5 20.57 132 96 Aqr 23:20:39.7 -04:59:27 5.4 0.11 142 PPM 207462 23:22:36.9 -04:32:21 7.4 0.56 142 PPM 207427 23:20:43.5 -04:49:30 9.7 0.09 142 592044 23:20:53.2 -04:54:00 16.7 142 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 592044, (2024/05/14 08:29UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 25.13 153 Markab 23:04:45.8 +15:12:18 2.5 20.57 132 96 Aqr 23:19:24.3 -05:07:28 5.4 0.11 142 PPM 207462 23:21:21.5 -04:40:23 7.4 0.56 142 PPM 207427 23:19:28.1 -04:57:31 9.7 0.09 142 592044 23:19:37.8 -05:02:01 16.7 142 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/11/02 23:39:14 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute