RECON: TNO occultation with 10199

Event between (10199) Chariklo and star UC4-293-213983 with event index number of 56851

Geocentric closest approach at 2017/06/11 22:10:23 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:57:43.6 -31:30:37
Equinox of date position of star is 18:58:49.2 -31:29:12
Stellar brightness R=15.1
Star is 13 degrees from the moon. Moon is 95% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=18.6

TNO is 15.6 AU from the Sun and 14.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 20.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 148 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1656 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=288.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.2 sec chord
Diameter=117.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10199, (2017/06/11 22:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:28.8 -26:28:09  0.9 32.68  38
38Zet Sgr      19:03:43.2 -29:51:13  2.7  1.94  11
PPM 298345     18:57:34.9 -31:39:55  6.3  0.32  13
PPM 298380     18:59:13.2 -31:47:16  7.9  0.31  13
PPM 298383     18:59:19.2 -31:33:17  9.4  0.12  13
10199          18:58:51.1 -31:29:09 15.1        13
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 10199, (2017/06/11 22:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:55  0.9 32.68  38
38Zet Sgr      19:02:36.7 -29:52:49  2.7  1.94  11
PPM 298345     18:56:27.3 -31:41:21  6.3  0.32  13
PPM 298380     18:58:05.6 -31:48:44  7.9  0.31  13
PPM 298383     18:58:11.7 -31:34:45  9.4  0.12  13
10199          18:57:43.6 -31:30:37 15.1        13
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2016/12/09 18:49:30 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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