RECON: TNO occultation with 10370

Event between (10370) Hylonome and star GA0700:26415055 with event index number of 152877

Geocentric closest approach at 2018/10/26 14:57:09 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:33:53.9 -19:13:00
Equinox of date position of star is 18:35:00.4 -19:12:04
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 139 degrees from the moon. Moon is 96% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.7

TNO is 24.1 AU from the Sun and 24.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1256 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2022 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.6
Diameter=114.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.0 sec chord
Diameter=46.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10370, (2018/10/26 14:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:33.9 -26:28:20  0.9 29.50 165
Nunki          18:56:25.8 -26:16:18  2.0  8.62 134
PPM 234652     18:32:32.4 -18:23:18  5.0  1.00 140
PPM 234753     18:36:30.3 -19:15:08  7.0  0.36 139
PPM 234737     18:35:54.1 -19:16:00  9.3  0.22 139
10370          18:35:00.4 -19:12:04 16.0       139
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, (2018/10/26 14:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 29.50 165
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0  8.62 134
PPM 234652     18:31:26.3 -18:24:10  5.0  1.00 140
PPM 234753     18:35:23.8 -19:16:07  7.0  0.36 139
PPM 234737     18:34:47.6 -19:16:58  9.3  0.22 139
10370          18:33:53.9 -19:13:00 16.0       139
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/10/22 18:18:45 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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