RECON: TNO occultation with 04TX357

Event between 04TX357 and star GA1240:02025067 with event index number of 229383

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/12/10 21:17:37 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:34:13.0 +35:59:13
Equinox of date position of star is 05:35:31.0 +35:59:56
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 27 degrees from the moon. Moon is 98% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.3

TNO is 29.0 AU from the Sun and 28.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 255 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1855 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.7
Diameter=110.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.6 sec chord
Diameter=45.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 4:3E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 04TX357, (2019/12/10 21:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:04.0 +16:32:52  0.8 23.39   8
Alnath         05:27:33.3 +28:37:21  1.6  7.57  22
PPM 070537     05:34:57.8 +34:44:16  6.1  1.27  26
PPM 070538     05:35:02.0 +36:28:19  8.5  0.48  27
PPM 070547     05:35:42.1 +35:49:32  9.9  0.18  27
PPM 070536     05:34:53.1 +35:55:44 10.5  0.15  27
04TX357        05:35:33.6 +35:59:57 16.1        27
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 04TX357, (2019/12/10 21:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 23.39   8
Alnath         05:26:17.5 +28:36:23  1.6  7.57  22
PPM 070537     05:33:38.1 +34:43:32  6.1  1.27  26
PPM 070538     05:33:41.1 +36:27:35  8.5  0.48  27
PPM 070547     05:34:21.7 +35:48:49  9.9  0.18  27
PPM 070536     05:33:32.6 +35:55:00 10.5  0.15  27
04TX357        05:34:13.0 +35:59:13 16.1        27
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/04/25 23:19:46 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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