RECON: TNO occultation with 10BK118

Event between 10BK118 and star UC4-155-193997 with event index number of 108820

Geocentric closest approach at 2018/03/25 12:04:35 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:54:55.7 -59:08:01
Equinox of date position of star is 16:56:29.4 -59:09:40
Stellar brightness R=13.3, use SENSEUP=32
Star is 134 degrees from the moon. Moon is 60% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.1

TNO is 14.6 AU from the Sun and 14.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 22.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 7.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 91 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1746 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.2
Diameter=55.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.5 sec chord
Diameter=22.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10BK118, (2018/03/25 12:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
PPM 360911     14:40:51.1 -60:54:35  0.0 16.84 119
Bet Ara        17:26:49.1 -55:32:42  2.8  5.45 140
Eta Ara        16:51:22.1 -59:04:19  3.8  0.67 134
PPM 345527     16:57:18.2 -59:26:43  7.6  0.30 134
PPM 345506     16:55:46.2 -59:20:06  9.6  0.20 134
10BK118        16:56:31.0 -59:09:42 13.3       134
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 10BK118, (2018/03/25 12:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
PPM 360911     14:39:27.0 -60:49:55  0.0 16.84 119
Bet Ara        17:25:18.0 -55:31:48  2.8  5.45 140
Eta Ara        16:49:47.2 -59:02:30  3.8  0.67 134
PPM 345527     16:55:42.5 -59:25:03  7.6  0.30 134
PPM 345506     16:54:10.8 -59:18:23  9.6  0.20 134
10BK118        16:54:55.7 -59:08:01 13.3       134
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2017/12/02 17:23:05 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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