RECON: TNO occultation with 10VQ11

Event between 10VQ11 and star GA0980:00741739 with event index number of 223590

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/11/30 19:26:28 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:21:58.7 +09:32:21
Equinox of date position of star is 05:22:59.5 +09:33:21
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 138 degrees from the moon. Moon is 19% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.6

TNO is 40.7 AU from the Sun and 39.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 419 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1461 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.5
Diameter=476.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.2 sec chord
Diameter=194.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10VQ11, (2019/11/30 19:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:15.0 +07:24:33  0.4  8.48 145
Bellatrix      05:26:12.0 +06:21:58  1.6  3.28 138
18 Ori         05:17:10.6 +11:21:44  5.6  2.31 137
PPM 148802     05:21:59.0 +09:44:37  6.8  0.33 138
PPM 148830     05:23:11.6 +09:43:06 10.6  0.16 138
10VQ11         05:23:04.3 +09:33:26 16.0       138
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 10VQ11, (2019/11/30 19:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  8.48 145
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6  3.28 138
18 Ori         05:16:04.1 +11:20:29  5.6  2.31 137
PPM 148802     05:20:53.2 +09:43:30  6.8  0.33 138
PPM 148830     05:22:05.9 +09:42:01 10.6  0.16 138
10VQ11         05:21:58.7 +09:32:21 16.0       138
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/06/12 07:52:00 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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