RECON: TNO occultation with 07UM126

Event between 07UM126 and star GA0720:00529720 with event index number of 254053

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/04/14 18:12:47 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:30:01.1 -16:53:00
Equinox of date position of star is 05:30:52.0 -16:52:10
Stellar brightness G=12.2, use SENSEUP=16
Star is 129 degrees from the moon. Moon is 52% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9

TNO is 16.6 AU from the Sun and 17.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 26.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 7.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 35 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 850 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.3
Diameter=52.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.0 sec chord
Diameter=21.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 0.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 07UM126, (2020/04/14 18:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:30.8 -08:10:47  0.1  9.47 132
Arneb          05:33:37.5 -17:48:33  2.6  1.14 128
PPM 215723     05:25:22.7 -16:57:31  5.6  1.33 128
PPM 215907     05:32:49.9 -16:39:51  7.2  0.50 129
PPM 215850     05:30:45.7 -16:49:28  9.4  0.06 129
07UM126        05:30:55.4 -16:52:07 12.2       129
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, (2020/04/14 18:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1  9.47 132
Arneb          05:32:43.8 -17:49:20  2.6  1.14 128
PPM 215723     05:24:28.5 -16:58:33  5.6  1.33 128
PPM 215907     05:31:55.6 -16:40:40  7.2  0.50 129
PPM 215850     05:29:51.4 -16:50:21  9.4  0.06 129
07UM126        05:30:01.1 -16:53:00 12.2       129
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/01/18 19:48:15 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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