RECON: TNO occultation with 13AZ60

Event between 13AZ60 and star GA0580:07242125 with event index number of 277920

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/08/08 07:37:38 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:35:06.2 -30:34:44
Equinox of date position of star is 14:36:12.6 -30:39:34
Stellar brightness G=13.2, use SENSEUP=32
Star is 139 degrees from the moon. Moon is 80% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.2

TNO is 14.2 AU from the Sun and 14.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 10.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 246 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1507 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.3
Diameter=53.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.9 sec chord
Diameter=21.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13AZ60, (2020/08/08 07:38UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:16.9 -11:16:06  1.0 25.29 164
5The Cen       14:07:54.2 -36:28:13  2.1  8.28 138
PPM 292770     14:34:23.3 -30:48:18  6.0  0.44 139
PPM 292801     14:35:29.2 -30:33:09  9.8  0.22 139
13AZ60         14:36:19.8 -30:40:06 13.2       138
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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 13AZ60, (2020/08/08 07:38UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 25.29 164
5The Cen       14:06:40.1 -36:22:22  2.1  8.28 138
PPM 292770     14:33:09.7 -30:42:55  6.0  0.44 139
PPM 292801     14:34:15.7 -30:27:47  9.8  0.22 139
13AZ60         14:35:06.2 -30:34:44 13.2       139
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/08/01 18:04:21 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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