RECON: TNO occultation with 08JO41

Event between 08JO41 and star GA1080:05859449 with event index number of 198595

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/06/20 01:31:20 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:41:59.8 +19:12:14
Equinox of date position of star is 18:42:50.6 +19:13:26
Stellar brightness G=14.4, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 46 degrees from the moon. Moon is 93% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.7

TNO is 41.6 AU from the Sun and 40.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 418 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4461 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.4
Diameter=123.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.3 sec chord
Diameter=50.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 08JO41, (2019/06/20 01:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:37:35.9 +38:48:10  0.0 19.61  64
Rasalhague     17:35:50.3 +12:32:50  2.1 17.43  51
111 Her        18:47:52.9 +18:12:16  4.4  1.57  44
PPM 135131     18:44:05.4 +19:29:13  7.0  0.39  46
PPM 135098     18:42:43.6 +18:57:32  9.5  0.27  45
08JO41         18:42:50.7 +19:13:26 14.4        46
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, (2019/06/20 01:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:36:56.7 +38:47:07  0.0 19.61  64
Rasalhague     17:34:56.2 +12:33:32  2.1 17.43  51
111 Her        18:47:01.4 +18:10:56  4.4  1.57  44
PPM 135131     18:43:14.6 +19:28:00  7.0  0.39  46
PPM 135098     18:41:52.6 +18:56:20  9.5  0.27  45
08JO41         18:41:59.8 +19:12:14 14.4        46
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 22:17:36 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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