Event between (535025) 14WT509 and star GA1000:00690507 with event index number of 2338203
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/02/15 11:10:13 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:14:24.1 +10:52:43
Equinox of date position of star is 05:15:37.4 +10:54:09
Stellar brightness G=16.5,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 134 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 4% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.0
TNO is 36.6 AU from the Sun
and 36.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 8.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 468 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
4003 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=218.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 26.2 sec chord
Diameter=89.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 2:1E
Star training set for 535025, (2026/02/15 10:52UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:35.2 +07:24:35 0.4 10.64 142 Bellatrix 05:26:32.0 +06:22:16 1.6 5.25 134 18 Ori 05:17:31.3 +11:22:07 5.6 0.62 134 PPM 120734 05:15:26.4 +11:30:48 8.5 0.61 134 PPM 120753 05:16:14.8 +10:55:41 8.8 0.10 134 535025 05:15:51.0 +10:54:25 16.5 134 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 535025, (2026/02/15 10:52UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 10.64 142 Bellatrix 05:25:07.8 +06:20:58 1.6 5.25 134 18 Ori 05:16:04.1 +11:20:29 5.6 0.62 134 PPM 120734 05:13:59.1 +11:29:05 8.5 0.61 134 PPM 120753 05:14:47.8 +10:54:00 8.8 0.10 134 535025 05:14:24.1 +10:52:43 16.5 134 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/01/10 23:34:52 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute