RECON: TNO occultation with 07UM126

Event between 07UM126 and star GA0680:00550860 with event index number of 223169

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/12/01 17:58:12 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:39:33.7 -20:00:53
Equinox of date position of star is 05:40:22.4 -20:00:20
Stellar brightness G=12.8, use SENSEUP=32
Star is 117 degrees from the moon. Moon is 27% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.4

TNO is 16.5 AU from the Sun and 15.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 7.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 569 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4859 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.1
Diameter=58.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.5 sec chord
Diameter=24.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 07UM126, (2019/12/01 17:58UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:29.8 -08:10:48  0.1 13.27 118
Arneb          05:33:36.6 -17:48:34  2.6  2.72 117
PPM 216182     05:44:14.0 -18:32:59  5.7  1.71 119
PPM 216080     05:40:16.6 -19:46:32  8.4  0.23 117
PPM 249166     05:39:35.4 -20:06:17  8.6  0.22 117
07UM126        05:40:25.3 -20:00:18 12.8       117
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 07UM126, (2019/12/01 17:58UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1 13.27 118
Arneb          05:32:43.8 -17:49:20  2.6  2.72 117
PPM 216182     05:43:21.7 -18:33:27  5.7  1.71 119
PPM 216080     05:39:24.9 -19:47:07  8.4  0.23 117
PPM 249166     05:38:43.9 -20:06:53  8.6  0.22 117
07UM126        05:39:33.7 -20:00:53 12.8       117
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/10/25 20:36:53 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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