RECON: TNO occultation with 119951

Event between (119951) 02KX14 and star GA0660:12220205 with event index number of 271855

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/06/17 21:33:56 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:22:19.6 -23:20:02
Equinox of date position of star is 17:23:30.4 -23:21:05
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 147 degrees from the moon. Moon is 11% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.6

TNO is 39.0 AU from the Sun and 38.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 104 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1386 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.7
Diameter=691.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 28.3 sec chord
Diameter=282.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 119951, (2020/06/17 21:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:39.9 -26:28:32  0.9 12.39 157
35Eta Oph      17:11:33.2 -15:44:56  2.6  8.11 150
PPM 266836     17:26:21.4 -24:15:38  6.4  1.11 146
PPM 266759     17:23:21.1 -23:35:33  8.2  0.25 147
119951         17:23:34.2 -23:21:08 16.2       146
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 119951, (2020/06/17 21:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 12.39 157
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  8.11 150
PPM 266836     17:25:06.3 -24:14:37  6.4  1.11 146
PPM 266759     17:22:06.4 -23:34:26  8.2  0.25 147
119951         17:22:19.6 -23:20:02 16.2       146
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 23:53:05 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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