RECON: TNO occultation with 10370

Event between (10370) Hylonome and star UC4-356-162306 with event index number of 108781

Geocentric closest approach at 2018/03/24 06:57:07 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:45:20.4 -18:57:28
Equinox of date position of star is 18:46:21.4 -18:56:19
Stellar brightness R=16.4, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 168 degrees from the moon. Moon is 46% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6

TNO is 23.9 AU from the Sun and 24.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 10.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1729 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5331 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.6
Diameter=114.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.9 sec chord
Diameter=46.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10370, (2018/03/24 06:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:31.7 -26:28:15  0.9 32.13 159
Nunki          18:56:23.6 -26:16:21  2.0  7.69 165
PPM 234930     18:43:59.5 -19:15:55  6.1  0.66 169
PPM 234996     18:47:00.4 -19:03:43  8.3  0.19 168
10370          18:46:24.7 -18:56:15 16.4       168
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 10370, (2018/03/24 06:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:55  0.9 32.13 159
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0  7.69 165
PPM 234930     18:42:55.1 -19:17:04  6.1  0.66 169
PPM 234996     18:45:56.1 -19:04:56  8.3  0.19 168
10370          18:45:20.4 -18:57:28 16.4       168
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2017/04/24 16:21:15 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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