RECON: TNO occultation with 13FY27

Event between 13FY27 and star GA0820:04032459 with event index number of 180917

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/02/25 18:59:10 UTC

J2000 position of star is 10:47:51.2 -06:51:03
Equinox of date position of star is 10:48:49.0 -06:57:08
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 74 degrees from the moon. Moon is 57% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.1

TNO is 80.0 AU from the Sun and 79.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 27.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 209 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4162 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=3.1
Diameter=1425.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 52.1 sec chord
Diameter=582.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 21.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13FY27, (2019/02/25 18:59UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:23.4 +11:52:22  1.3 21.22  89
Alphard        09:28:31.7 -08:44:33  2.0 19.96  93
PPM 193828     10:50:41.0 -09:57:16  5.5  3.04  73
PPM 193831     10:50:56.2 -07:35:04  8.2  0.82  74
PPM 193789     10:48:37.5 -06:55:17  9.5  0.06  74
13FY27         10:48:49.1 -06:57:09 15.4        74
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 13FY27, (2019/02/25 18:59UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:22.0 +11:58:02  1.3 21.22  89
Alphard        09:27:35.2 -08:39:31  2.0 19.96  93
PPM 193828     10:49:43.5 -09:51:10  5.5  3.04  73
PPM 193831     10:49:58.3 -07:28:58  8.2  0.82  74
PPM 193789     10:47:39.6 -06:49:12  9.5  0.06  74
13FY27         10:47:51.2 -06:51:03 15.4        74
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/02/12 06:19:34 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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