RECON: TNO occultation with 01UN18

Event between 01UN18 and star GA1040:00232660 with event index number of 201013

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/07/28 00:21:59 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:27:06.4 +15:33:14
Equinox of date position of star is 02:28:10.6 +15:38:25
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 31 degrees from the moon. Moon is 21% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.4

TNO is 47.1 AU from the Sun and 47.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 6.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1702 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4943 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=307.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 46.3 sec chord
Diameter=125.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 18.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 01UN18, (2019/07/28 00:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:02.8 +16:32:49  0.8 30.93   2
Hamal          02:08:16.9 +23:33:15  2.0  9.19  35
29 Ari         02:33:58.6 +15:07:13  6.0  1.49  29
PPM 118192     02:25:31.7 +15:36:45  7.9  0.64  31
PPM 118230     02:27:38.4 +15:27:38  9.9  0.22  31
01UN18         02:28:11.0 +15:38:27 16.4        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.

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Star training set for 01UN18, (2019/07/28 00:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 30.93   2
Hamal          02:07:10.7 +23:27:42  2.0  9.19  35
29 Ari         02:32:54.1 +15:02:05  6.0  1.49  29
PPM 118192     02:24:27.2 +15:31:29  7.9  0.64  31
PPM 118230     02:26:33.9 +15:22:24  9.9  0.22  31
01UN18         02:27:06.4 +15:33:14 16.4        31
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 22:28:26 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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