RECON: TNO occultation with 10JJ124

Event between 10JJ124 and star GA0720:22291756 with event index number of 288441

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/07/01 08:49:40 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:26:00.0 -17:14:18
Equinox of date position of star is 18:27:10.4 -17:13:31
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 46 degrees from the moon. Moon is 82% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.9

[RECON map]
TNO is 25.0 AU from the Sun and 24.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 178 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3448 km.
The sky-plane scale is 17415.0 km/arcsec.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=284.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.6 sec chord
Diameter=116.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10JJ124, (2020/07/01 08:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:40.1 -26:28:33  0.9 28.50  21
Nunki          18:56:32.1 -26:16:10  2.0 11.32  53
PPM 234652     18:32:38.4 -18:23:13  5.0  1.74  47
PPM 234536     18:27:51.7 -17:38:29  8.3  0.45  46
PPM 234522     18:26:57.9 -17:03:48  9.4  0.17  46
10JJ124        18:27:11.4 -17:13:31 16.3        46
Positions are for equinox of date

This table contains the target star visibility for the RECON network. The observing range has been set to a maximum of 5.1 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 12.9 km RECON observability=1.0 and success probability=6.8%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Clarence Fulton 08:49:27 -15.9 AT Up 21.0 196.8 Low 08:34:27 - 09:04:27 2979
Kelowna 08:49:27 -16.3 AT Up 21.4 196.7 Low 08:34:27 - 09:04:27 2963
Peachland 08:49:27 -16.5 AT Up 21.5 196.4 Low 08:34:27 - 09:04:27 2957
Summerland 08:49:26 -16.6 AT Up 21.7 196.5 Low 08:34:26 - 09:04:26 2952
Penticton 08:49:27 -16.6 AT Up 21.7 196.6 Low 08:34:27 - 09:04:27 2949
Oliver 08:49:26 -17.0 AT Up 22.0 196.7 Low 08:34:26 - 09:04:26 2935
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 08:49:25 -17.1 AT Up 22.2 196.9 Low 08:34:25 - 09:04:25 2929
Tonasket 08:49:25 -17.4 AT Up 22.5 196.9 Low 08:34:25 - 09:04:25 2915
Okanogan 08:49:25 -17.8 AT Up 22.8 196.7 Low 08:34:25 - 09:04:25 2900
Victoria 08:49:37 -18.1 Dark Up 23.3 192.9 Low 08:34:37 - 09:04:37 2888
Brewster 08:49:25 -18.1 Dark Up 23.1 196.6 Low 08:34:25 - 09:04:25 2887
Manson/Chelan 08:49:26 -18.3 Dark Up 23.4 196.2 Low 08:34:26 - 09:04:26 2876
Entiat 08:49:26 -18.6 Dark Up 23.6 196.2 Low 08:34:26 - 09:04:26 2866
Wenatchee 08:49:26 -18.8 Dark Up 23.9 196.1 Low 08:34:26 - 09:04:26 2854
Ellensburg 08:49:27 -19.3 Dark Up 24.3 195.9 Low 08:34:27 - 09:04:27 2835
Yakima 08:49:26 -19.7 Dark Up 24.7 196.0 Low 08:34:26 - 09:04:26 2816
Toppenish/White Swan 08:49:25 -19.9 Dark Up 24.9 196.2 Low 08:34:25 - 09:04:25 2806
Pasco 08:49:21 -19.8 Dark Up 24.8 197.5 Low 08:34:21 - 09:04:21 2806
PNWRO 08:49:20 -20.0 Dark Up 25.0 197.7 Low 08:34:20 - 09:04:20 2796
Goldendale 08:49:26 -20.5 Dark Up 25.5 195.8 Low 08:34:26 - 09:04:26 2778
The Dalles 08:49:27 -20.7 Dark Up 25.8 195.5 Low 08:34:27 - 09:04:27 2766
Maupin 08:49:26 -21.1 Dark Up 26.2 195.6 Low 08:34:26 - 09:04:26 2746
Redmond 08:49:25 -22.0 Dark Up 27.1 195.6 Low 08:34:25 - 09:04:25 2701
Sisters 08:49:27 -22.0 Dark Up 27.1 195.2 Low 08:34:27 - 09:04:27 2700
Bend 08:49:26 -22.2 Dark Up 27.3 195.5 Low 08:34:26 - 09:04:26 2689
Oregon Observatory 08:49:26 -22.4 Dark Up 27.5 195.4 Low 08:34:26 - 09:04:26 2680
La Pine/Gilchrist 08:49:26 -22.6 Dark Up 27.7 195.4 Low 08:34:26 - 09:04:26 2669
North Lake 08:49:23 -23.0 Dark Up 28.0 196.1 Low 08:34:23 - 09:04:23 2650
Paisley 08:49:22 -23.5 Dark Up 28.5 196.5 Low 08:34:22 - 09:04:22 2623
Lakeview 08:49:20 -24.0 Dark Up 28.9 196.8 Low 08:34:20 - 09:04:20 2596
Klamath Falls 08:49:25 -24.1 Dark Up 29.2 195.3 Low 08:34:25 - 09:04:25 2591
Cedarville 08:49:19 -24.6 Dark Up 29.5 197.1 Low 08:34:19 - 09:04:19 2561
Fall River/Burney 08:49:23 -25.2 Dark Up 30.2 195.9 Up 08:34:23 - 09:04:23 2528
Niwot 08:48:28 -22.4 Dark Down 26.1 212.5 Low 08:33:28 - 09:03:28 2503
SwRI 08:48:28 -22.5 Dark Down 26.2 212.4 Low 08:33:28 - 09:03:28 2497
Susanville 08:49:19 -25.7 Dark Up 30.7 196.8 Up 08:34:19 - 09:04:19 2496
Gimple 08:49:20 -26.0 Dark Up 31.0 196.6 Up 08:34:20 - 09:04:20 2479
Greenville 08:49:20 -26.1 Dark Up 31.0 196.5 Up 08:34:20 - 09:04:20 2479
Quincy 08:49:20 -26.3 Dark Up 31.2 196.5 Up 08:34:20 - 09:04:20 2467
Portola 08:49:18 -26.3 Dark Up 31.2 197.1 Up 08:34:18 - 09:04:18 2463
Reno 08:49:16 -26.5 Dark Up 31.3 197.8 Up 08:34:16 - 09:04:16 2450
Carson City 08:49:15 -26.8 Dark Up 31.7 197.9 Up 08:34:15 - 09:04:15 2429
Yerington 08:49:12 -26.9 Dark Up 31.7 198.6 Up 08:34:12 - 09:04:12 2421
Gardnerville 08:49:15 -27.1 Dark Up 31.9 198.0 Up 08:34:15 - 09:04:15 2415
Hawthorne 08:49:10 -27.3 Dark Up 32.0 199.3 Up 08:34:10 - 09:04:10 2395
Tonopah 08:49:05 -27.5 Dark Up 32.1 200.9 Up 08:34:05 - 09:04:05 2373
Lee Vining 08:49:11 -27.9 Dark Up 32.7 198.8 Up 08:34:11 - 09:04:11 2360
Bishop 08:49:08 -28.4 Dark Up 33.0 199.8 Up 08:34:08 - 09:04:08 2326
Beatty 08:49:02 -28.5 Dark Up 33.0 201.6 Up 08:34:02 - 09:04:02 2303
Indian Springs 08:48:57 -28.6 Dark Up 33.0 202.8 Up 08:33:57 - 09:03:57 2286
Henderson 08:48:54 -28.9 Dark Up 33.3 203.7 Up 08:33:54 - 09:03:54 2254
Searchlight/Boulder City 08:48:53 -29.5 Dark Up 33.8 203.9 Up 08:33:53 - 09:03:53 2217
Patrick 08:48:49 -29.3 Dark Up 33.5 205.1 Up 08:33:49 - 09:03:49 2216
Kingman/Dolan Springs 08:48:50 -29.5 Dark Up 33.7 204.9 Up 08:33:50 - 09:03:50 2202
Laughlin/Bullhead City 08:48:52 -29.7 Dark Up 33.9 204.4 Up 08:33:52 - 09:03:52 2198
DCO 08:48:47 -29.4 Dark Up 33.5 205.9 Up 08:33:47 - 09:03:47 2198
CPSLO 08:49:14 -30.8 Dark Up 35.6 197.7 Up 08:34:14 - 09:04:14 2183
Mohave Valley 08:48:51 -29.9 Dark Up 34.2 204.5 Up 08:33:51 - 09:03:51 2180
Lake Havasu City 08:48:50 -30.2 Dark Up 34.5 204.8 Up 08:33:50 - 09:03:50 2155
Parker 08:48:49 -30.6 Dark Up 34.8 205.0 Up 08:33:49 - 09:03:49 2131
Wildwood 08:49:05 -31.6 Dark Up 36.2 200.3 Up 08:34:05 - 09:04:05 2114
George/Scottsdale 08:48:40 -30.3 Dark Up 34.3 207.7 Up 08:33:40 - 09:03:40 2108
Idyllwild 08:48:58 -31.5 Dark Up 35.9 202.5 Up 08:33:58 - 09:03:58 2098
Blythe 08:48:50 -31.1 Dark Up 35.3 204.8 Up 08:33:50 - 09:03:50 2095
Calipatria 08:48:53 -31.9 Dark Up 36.1 203.9 Up 08:33:53 - 09:03:53 2059
Yuma 08:48:49 -32.0 Dark Up 36.2 205.0 Up 08:33:49 - 09:03:49 2032

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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 10JJ124, (2020/07/01 08:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 28.50  21
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0 11.32  53
PPM 234652     18:31:26.3 -18:24:10  5.0  1.74  47
PPM 234536     18:26:40.0 -17:39:18  8.3  0.45  46
PPM 234522     18:25:46.5 -17:04:36  9.4  0.17  46
10JJ124        18:26:00.0 -17:14:18 16.3        46
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/03/09 21:29:59 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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