RECON: TNO occultation with 08JO41

Event between 08JO41 and star GA1080:05974186 with event index number of 192355

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/05/18 02:56:08 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:44:17.3 +19:03:30
Equinox of date position of star is 18:45:06.6 +19:04:43
Stellar brightness G=12.9, use SENSEUP=32
Star is 63 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.7

TNO is 41.6 AU from the Sun and 41.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 344 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5402 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.4
Diameter=123.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.5 sec chord
Diameter=50.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 08JO41, (2019/05/18 02:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:37:35.7 +38:48:09  0.0 19.79  71
Tarazed        19:47:10.8 +10:39:42  2.7 17.18  74
111 Her        18:47:52.6 +18:12:15  4.4  1.09  63
PPM 135131     18:44:05.2 +19:29:13  7.0  0.48  63
PPM 135154     18:45:02.6 +18:54:54  9.0  0.17  63
08JO41         18:45:08.1 +19:04:46 12.9        63
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 08JO41, (2019/05/18 02:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:36:56.7 +38:47:07  0.0 19.79  71
Tarazed        19:46:15.6 +10:36:48  2.7 17.18  74
111 Her        18:47:01.4 +18:10:56  4.4  1.09  63
PPM 135131     18:43:14.6 +19:28:00  7.0  0.48  63
PPM 135154     18:44:11.7 +18:53:39  9.0  0.17  63
08JO41         18:44:17.3 +19:03:30 12.9        63
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/10/24 21:26:48 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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