RECON: TNO occultation with 11JY31

Event between 11JY31 and star GA0680:34609267 with event index number of 203337

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/06/02 02:33:57 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:16:06.8 -20:04:37
Equinox of date position of star is 19:17:13.1 -20:02:34
Stellar brightness G=14.3, use SENSEUP=64
Star is 127 degrees from the moon. Moon is 2% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=25.1

TNO is 42.4 AU from the Sun and 41.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1146 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1558 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.8
Diameter=103.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.5 sec chord
Diameter=42.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 11JY31, (2019/06/02 02:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:36.1 -26:28:24  0.9 38.65 163
Nunki          18:56:28.1 -26:16:15  2.0  7.85 132
43 Sgr         19:18:46.2 -18:55:01  4.9  1.18 127
PPM 235722     19:16:34.8 -19:45:07  8.1  0.33 127
PPM 269520     19:16:00.1 -19:59:57  9.6  0.30 127
11JY31         19:17:15.5 -20:02:29 14.3       127
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 11JY31, (2019/06/02 02:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 38.65 163
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0  7.85 132
43 Sgr         19:17:38.1 -18:57:11  4.9  1.18 127
PPM 235722     19:15:26.3 -19:47:14  8.1  0.33 127
PPM 269520     19:14:51.4 -20:02:03  9.6  0.30 127
11JY31         19:16:06.8 -20:04:37 14.3       127
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/09/25 18:39:39 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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