RECON: TNO occultation with 11UQ411

Event between 11UQ411 and star GA1020:00217125 with event index number of 238887

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/10/17 15:30:33 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:23:35.3 +12:29:53
Equinox of date position of star is 02:24:38.5 +12:35:08
Stellar brightness G=13.8, use SENSEUP=64
Star is 29 degrees from the moon. Moon is 87% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.0

TNO is 49.2 AU from the Sun and 48.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 25.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 368 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4617 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=229.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.8 sec chord
Diameter=93.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 11UQ411, (2019/10/17 15:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:03.5 +16:32:51  0.8 32.24   4
6Bet Ari       01:55:44.3 +20:54:14  2.6 10.82  35
24Xi Ari       02:25:52.9 +10:41:57  5.5  1.91  29
PPM 118217     02:26:38.0 +12:03:30  7.7  0.72  29
PPM 118154     02:22:56.8 +12:20:56  8.6  0.48  30
PPM 118166     02:23:45.5 +12:38:55 10.2  0.23  29
11UQ411        02:24:39.6 +12:35:14 13.8        29
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 11UQ411, (2019/10/17 15:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 32.24   4
6Bet Ari       01:54:38.5 +20:48:27  2.6 10.82  35
24Xi Ari       02:24:49.1 +10:36:38  5.5  1.91  29
PPM 118217     02:25:33.8 +11:58:11  7.7  0.72  29
PPM 118154     02:21:52.5 +12:15:33  8.6  0.48  30
PPM 118166     02:22:41.2 +12:33:33 10.2  0.23  29
11UQ411        02:23:35.3 +12:29:53 13.8        29
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 22:46:06 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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