RECON: TNO occultation with 08ST291

Event between 08ST291 and star GA1080:00059557 with event index number of 215510

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/10/21 13:45:43 UTC

J2000 position of star is 00:30:39.6 +19:42:27
Equinox of date position of star is 00:31:39.5 +19:48:46
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 103 degrees from the moon. Moon is 50% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.2

TNO is 61.4 AU from the Sun and 60.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 25.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 150 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3395 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.3
Diameter=828.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 32.8 sec chord
Diameter=338.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 13.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 6:1EEEEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 08ST291, (2019/10/21 13:46UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:42:06.5 +45:21:07  1.3 53.32 112
Algenib        00:14:15.5 +15:17:37  2.8  6.14 108
52 Psc         00:33:38.0 +20:24:11  5.4  0.74 102
PPM 116548     00:32:57.1 +19:45:08  8.2  0.30 102
PPM 116506     00:30:37.1 +19:43:36 10.3  0.27 103
08ST291        00:31:41.8 +19:49:00 15.9       102
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 08ST291, (2019/10/21 13:46UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:41:25.9 +45:16:49  1.3 53.32 112
Algenib        00:13:14.2 +15:11:01  2.8  6.14 108
52 Psc         00:32:35.7 +20:17:39  5.4  0.74 102
PPM 116548     00:31:54.9 +19:38:35  8.2  0.30 102
PPM 116506     00:29:34.9 +19:37:02 10.3  0.27 103
08ST291        00:30:39.6 +19:42:27 15.9       103
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/01/29 21:38:58 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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