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2026-08-07 / UCAC4 333-132877 / (119951) 2002 KX14

#	OBS	Observer	Occ	Meth.	Instr.	CC	TSRC	UT1	UT2	UT3	UT4	UT2E	UT3E	Dur.	Chrd
1	show	Stefan Meister, Peter Englmaier (Operator), +1	O+	CCD	M305	NA	NTP	21:47:40	21:49:04.390	21:49:32.392	21:50:46	5.400	5.400	28.00	436.8

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1 observation found in db: sodis

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JPL#18 : 8607a130-f933-11ef-4809-86a9eef8c168 [db: cetnos]

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Event Details
Occultation UUID [and DB] : 8607a130-f933-11ef-4809-86a9eef8c168 [cetnos] Occultation Date + Time : 2026-08-07 at 21:52:20 UT +/- 2.05 min [1] Object Designation : (119951) 2002 KX14 Orbit Class : TNO Star Designation : GDR3 4069300059185143296 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 17 58 00.1299, DE = -23 33 11.240 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 15.04 mag, RP = 14.15 mag, BP = 15.8 mag Object Magnitude : V = 20.7 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 5.7 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 25.1 sec Object Mean Diameter : 392.2 km (src: CORA+astorb) Speed of the shadow : 15.6 km/s Elongation to Moon & Sun : 159° (sunlit = 30%), Sun = 134° Cross-track uncertainty : 45.0 mas = 1237 km = 3.15 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 0.9 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#18 Object is a "TNOs are cool" target ! [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0

Event Details

Occultation UUID [and DB] : 8607a130-f933-11ef-4809-86a9eef8c168 [cetnos] Occultation Date + Time : 2026-08-07 at 21:52:20 UT +/- 2.05 min [1] Object Designation : (119951) 2002 KX14 Orbit Class : TNO Star Designation : GDR3 4069300059185143296 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 17 58 00.1299, DE = -23 33 11.240 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 15.04 mag, RP = 14.15 mag, BP = 15.8 mag Object Magnitude : V = 20.7 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 5.7 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 25.1 sec Object Mean Diameter : 392.2 km (src: CORA+astorb) Speed of the shadow : 15.6 km/s Elongation to Moon & Sun : 159° (sunlit = 30%), Sun = 134° Cross-track uncertainty : 45.0 mas = 1237 km = 3.15 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 0.9 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#18 Object is a "TNOs are cool" target !
[1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0

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