RECON: TNO occultation with 05RH52

Event between 05RH52 and star GA1080:18272542 with event index number of 238232

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/11/29 18:10:23 UTC

J2000 position of star is 23:54:09.1 +19:30:05
Equinox of date position of star is 23:55:07.6 +19:36:28
Stellar brightness G=14.4, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 81 degrees from the moon. Moon is 11% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.8

TNO is 41.5 AU from the Sun and 41.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 11.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 394 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5709 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.5
Diameter=191.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.7 sec chord
Diameter=78.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 05RH52, (2019/11/29 18:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:42:06.7 +45:21:08  1.3 47.20  71
Algenib        00:14:15.8 +15:17:39  2.8  6.27  83
81Phi Peg      23:53:30.2 +19:13:51  5.1  0.55  81
PPM 142962     23:55:48.7 +18:51:27  8.0  0.77  81
PPM 142938     23:54:05.0 +19:40:02  9.4  0.26  81
05RH52         23:55:10.1 +19:36:44 14.4        81
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 05RH52, (2019/11/29 18:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:41:25.9 +45:16:49  1.3 47.20  71
Algenib        00:13:14.2 +15:11:01  2.8  6.27  83
81Phi Peg      23:52:29.3 +19:07:12  5.1  0.55  81
PPM 142962     23:54:47.6 +18:44:48  8.0  0.77  81
PPM 142938     23:53:04.1 +19:33:23  9.4  0.26  81
05RH52         23:54:09.1 +19:30:05 14.4        81
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/01/30 20:38:27 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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