RECON: TNO occultation with 01FU185

Event between 01FU185 and star GA0860:04323381 with event index number of 150110

Geocentric closest approach at 2018/08/19 00:53:38 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:18:42.6 -03:53:30
Equinox of date position of star is 14:19:40.3 -03:58:33
Stellar brightness G=15.7, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 31 degrees from the moon. Moon is 57% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.7

TNO is 35.3 AU from the Sun and 35.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 78 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1294 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.0
Diameter=95.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.8 sec chord
Diameter=39.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 01FU185, (2018/08/19 00:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:10.6 -11:15:29  1.0 15.12  41
99Iot Vir      14:16:59.7 -06:05:19  4.1  2.22  30
PPM 197371     14:17:28.2 -03:16:56  6.7  0.89  31
PPM 197427     14:20:26.0 -04:11:26  9.4  0.28  30
01FU185        14:19:40.9 -03:58:36 15.7        30
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 01FU185, (2018/08/19 00:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 15.12  41
99Iot Vir      14:16:00.9 -06:00:10  4.1  2.22  30
PPM 197371     14:16:30.1 -03:11:48  6.7  0.89  31
PPM 197427     14:19:27.7 -04:06:20  9.4  0.28  30
01FU185        14:18:42.6 -03:53:30 15.7        31
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/06/05 16:20:22 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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