RECON: TNO occultation with 11JW31

Event between 11JW31 and star GA0680:34621426 with event index number of 315854

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/06/06 01:24:26 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:16:22.1 -20:23:42
Equinox of date position of star is 19:17:29.9 -20:21:36
Stellar brightness G=14.2, use SENSEUP=64
Star is 178 degrees from the moon. Moon is 9% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=25.6

TNO is 42.5 AU from the Sun and 41.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 357 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2311 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.3
Diameter=83.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.2 sec chord
Diameter=34.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 11JW31, (2019/06/06 01:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:36.1 -26:28:25  0.9 38.61 140
Nunki          18:56:28.1 -26:16:15  2.0  7.63 172
43 Sgr         19:18:46.2 -18:55:01  4.9  1.47 176
PPM 269570     19:18:21.3 -20:30:39  8.4  0.25 178
PPM 269549     19:17:17.9 -20:25:10  9.0  0.08 177
11JW31         19:17:31.0 -20:21:34 14.2       178
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 11JW31, (2019/06/06 01:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 38.61 140
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0  7.63 172
43 Sgr         19:17:38.1 -18:57:11  4.9  1.47 176
PPM 269570     19:17:12.4 -20:32:48  8.4  0.25 178
PPM 269549     19:16:09.0 -20:27:18  9.0  0.08 177
11JW31         19:16:22.1 -20:23:42 14.2       177
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/02/12 08:23:31 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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