RECON: TNO occultation with 11WG157

Event between 11WG157 and star GA1300:01131684 with event index number of 314919

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/10/09 00:18:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:32:31.2 +41:00:11
Equinox of date position of star is 03:33:47.7 +41:04:00
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 99 degrees from the moon. Moon is 80% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.3

TNO is 30.7 AU from the Sun and 30.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 115 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1398 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=210.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.8 sec chord
Diameter=86.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 1:1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 11WG157, (2019/10/09 00:19UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:03.4 +16:32:51  0.8 28.06 107
Algol          03:09:27.8 +41:01:50  2.1  4.60  95
PPM 068571     03:34:53.6 +39:57:54  5.8  1.12  99
PPM 046296     03:33:36.8 +40:59:12  6.7  0.09  99
11WG157        03:33:50.5 +41:04:08 16.0       100
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 11WG157, (2019/10/09 00:19UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 28.06 107
Algol          03:08:10.1 +40:57:20  2.1  4.60  95
PPM 068571     03:33:35.0 +39:53:58  5.8  1.12  99
PPM 046296     03:32:17.7 +40:55:15  6.7  0.09  99
11WG157        03:32:31.2 +41:00:11 16.0        99
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/01/28 21:51:38 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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