RECON: TNO occultation with 04HM79

Event between 04HM79 and star UC4-371-068834 with event index number of 78324

Geocentric closest approach at 2017/05/14 00:14:47 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:52:14.4 -15:52:03
Equinox of date position of star is 14:53:12.2 -15:56:16
Stellar brightness R=16.5, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 42 degrees from the moon. Moon is 91% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.7

TNO is 38.8 AU from the Sun and 37.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 319 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4343 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.8
Diameter=166.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.8 sec chord
Diameter=68.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 4:3E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 04HM79, (2017/05/14 00:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:06.6 -11:15:05  1.0 21.66  64
27Bet Lib      15:17:56.6 -09:26:45  2.6  8.86  38
8Alp1Lib       14:51:39.0 -16:04:07  5.1  0.40  42
PPM 229432     14:53:36.9 -16:28:06  8.0  0.54  42
PPM 229410     14:52:52.9 -15:49:04  9.4  0.14  42
04HM79         14:53:12.4 -15:56:17 16.5        42
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 04HM79, (2017/05/14 00:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 21.66  64
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  8.86  38
8Alp1Lib       14:50:41.1 -15:59:51  5.1  0.40  42
PPM 229432     14:52:38.8 -16:23:52  8.0  0.54  42
PPM 229410     14:51:55.0 -15:44:50  9.4  0.14  42
04HM79         14:52:14.4 -15:52:03 16.5        42
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2017/04/24 16:06:03 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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