RECON: TNO occultation with 11QF99

Event between 11QF99 and star GA1060:00491444 with event index number of 315482

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/08/01 11:56:04 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:15:59.1 +17:35:40
Equinox of date position of star is 04:17:06.2 +17:38:30
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 69 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.8

TNO is 18.3 AU from the Sun and 18.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 20.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 86 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 712 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.8
Diameter=66.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.3 sec chord
Diameter=27.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 11QF99, (2019/08/01 11:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:02.8 +16:32:50  0.8  4.89  65
44Zet Per      03:55:22.1 +31:56:25  2.8 15.12  71
PPM 119803     04:21:33.5 +18:47:18  6.4  1.56  68
PPM 119783     04:20:15.9 +17:34:15  8.3  0.75  68
PPM 119776     04:19:46.5 +17:53:17  9.4  0.68  68
PPM 119737     04:16:40.3 +17:10:06 10.4  0.49  69
11QF99         04:17:06.8 +17:38:31 16.3        69
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 11QF99, (2019/08/01 11:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8  4.89  65
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8 15.12  71
PPM 119803     04:20:25.3 +18:44:33  6.4  1.56  68
PPM 119783     04:19:08.1 +17:31:29  8.3  0.75  68
PPM 119776     04:18:38.6 +17:50:30  9.4  0.68  68
PPM 119737     04:15:32.8 +17:07:14 10.4  0.49  69
11QF99         04:15:59.1 +17:35:40 16.3        69
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 22:29:58 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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