RECON: TNO occultation with 11HZ102

Event between 11HZ102 and star GA0680:34694985 with event index number of 277642

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/07/12 14:50:21 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:17:55.8 -20:26:22
Equinox of date position of star is 19:19:04.7 -20:24:11
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 89 degrees from the moon. Moon is 54% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=25.5

TNO is 43.2 AU from the Sun and 42.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 492 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4007 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.2
Diameter=86.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.5 sec chord
Diameter=35.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 11HZ102, (2020/07/12 14:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:40.2 -26:28:33  0.9 38.95 126
Nunki          18:56:32.2 -26:16:10  2.0  7.83  94
43 Sgr         19:18:50.1 -18:54:53  4.9  1.49  89
PPM 269595     19:19:33.9 -20:24:21  8.3  0.10  89
11HZ102        19:19:08.6 -20:24:04 16.6        88
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 11HZ102, (2020/07/12 14:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 38.95 126
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0  7.83  94
43 Sgr         19:17:38.1 -18:57:11  4.9  1.49  89
PPM 269595     19:18:21.2 -20:26:40  8.3  0.10  89
11HZ102        19:17:55.8 -20:26:22 16.6        89
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/08 00:03:09 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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