RECON: TNO occultation with 04LR31

Event between 04LR31 and star UC4-423-140463 with event index number of 162035

Geocentric closest approach at 2018/05/13 03:14:57 UTC

J2000 position of star is 22:50:00.7 -05:32:27
Equinox of date position of star is 22:50:57.9 -05:26:36
Stellar brightness R=15.0, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 40 degrees from the moon. Moon is 7% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.0

TNO is 17.5 AU from the Sun and 17.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 112 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 968 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.2
Diameter=86.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.0 sec chord
Diameter=35.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 04LR31, (2018/05/13 03:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:39.7 -29:31:28  1.2 24.15  49
Markab         23:05:40.6 +15:18:16  2.5 21.07  37
PPM 206927     22:56:08.0 -04:53:23  5.7  1.40  39
PPM 206793     22:49:15.0 -05:40:12  8.3  0.48  41
PPM 206823     22:50:47.5 -05:12:21  9.5  0.24  40
04LR31         22:50:57.9 -05:26:36 15.0        40
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 04LR31, (2018/05/13 03:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.5 -29:37:23  1.2 24.15  49
Markab         23:04:45.7 +15:12:18  2.5 21.07  37
PPM 206927     22:55:11.0 -04:59:17  5.7  1.40  39
PPM 206793     22:48:17.8 -05:46:03  8.3  0.48  41
PPM 206823     22:49:50.4 -05:18:12  9.5  0.24  40
04LR31         22:50:00.7 -05:32:27 15.0        40
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/05/12 16:28:51 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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