RECON: TNO occultation with 10BK118

Event between 10BK118 and star GA0320:29557607 with event index number of 186958

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/04/14 04:11:08 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:05:25.1 -57:50:27
Equinox of date position of star is 16:06:59.6 -57:53:29
Stellar brightness G=14.0, use SENSEUP=64
Star is 115 degrees from the moon. Moon is 66% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6

TNO is 16.4 AU from the Sun and 15.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 28.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 9.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 37 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2608 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.2
Diameter=55.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 1.9 sec chord
Diameter=22.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 0.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10BK118, (2019/04/14 04:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
PPM 360911     14:40:55.4 -60:54:50  0.0 11.31 104
Bet TrA        15:56:51.5 -63:29:17  2.8  5.73 113
Iot2Nor        16:10:54.4 -57:59:03  5.6  0.53 115
PPM 344520     16:05:05.5 -57:49:45  8.5  0.26 114
PPM 344545     16:06:29.8 -57:45:50  9.5  0.15 115
10BK118        16:07:00.5 -57:53:31 14.0       115
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, (2019/04/14 04:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
PPM 360911     14:39:26.4 -60:49:54  0.0 11.31 104
Bet TrA        15:55:08.0 -63:25:58  2.8  5.73 113
Iot2Nor        16:09:18.5 -57:56:05  5.6  0.53 115
PPM 344520     16:03:30.3 -57:46:38  8.5  0.26 114
PPM 344545     16:04:54.7 -57:42:45  9.5  0.15 115
10BK118        16:05:25.1 -57:50:27 14.0       115
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/02/12 07:15:21 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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