RECON: TNO occultation with 00YX1

Event between 00YX1 and star GA1140:01067658 with event index number of 999233

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/03/16 08:36:52 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:14:20.7 +24:16:03
Equinox of date position of star is 05:15:34.7 +24:17:22
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 174 degrees from the moon. Moon is 51% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=26.5

TNO is 43.0 AU from the Sun and 43.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 7.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1037 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2480 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=212.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.1 sec chord
Diameter=86.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 00YX1, (2020/03/16 08:37UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:05.0 +16:32:54  0.8 11.88 163
Alnath         05:27:34.3 +28:37:21  1.6  5.10 173
103 Tau        05:09:20.6 +24:17:24  5.3  1.42 172
PPM 094178     05:14:17.6 +24:25:10  8.4  0.32 173
PPM 094210     05:16:42.2 +24:11:48 10.4  0.27 174
00YX1          05:15:34.8 +24:17:22 16.6       174
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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 00YX1, (2020/03/16 08:37UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 11.88 163
Alnath         05:26:17.5 +28:36:23  1.6  5.10 173
103 Tau        05:08:06.6 +24:15:54  5.3  1.42 172
PPM 094178     05:13:03.4 +24:23:49  8.4  0.32 173
PPM 094210     05:15:28.2 +24:10:31 10.4  0.27 174
00YX1          05:14:20.7 +24:16:03 16.6       174
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/03/06 21:32:39 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

RECON