RECON: TNO occultation with 13HY156

Event between 13HY156 and star GA0820:04773194 with event index number of 264819

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/01/23 19:02:30 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:33:21.1 -06:12:09
Equinox of date position of star is 15:34:21.5 -06:15:55
Stellar brightness G=14.5, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 72 degrees from the moon. Moon is 90% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.7

TNO is 38.3 AU from the Sun and 38.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 342 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3510 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=276.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.7 sec chord
Diameter=113.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13HY156, (2019/01/23 19:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:34.8 -26:28:22  0.9 24.24  90
27Bet Lib      15:18:02.1 -09:27:08  2.6  5.15  69
PPM 198725     15:35:28.4 -09:14:47  5.6  2.99  73
PPM 198756     15:37:13.6 -06:27:05  8.1  0.73  73
PPM 198688     15:33:40.1 -06:14:18  9.5  0.18  72
13HY156        15:34:22.0 -06:15:57 14.5        73
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 13HY156, (2019/01/23 19:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 24.24  90
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  5.15  69
PPM 198725     15:34:26.5 -09:11:01  5.6  2.99  73
PPM 198756     15:36:12.7 -06:23:22  8.1  0.73  73
PPM 198688     15:32:39.2 -06:10:29  9.5  0.18  72
13HY156        15:33:21.1 -06:12:09 14.5        72
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/12/04 05:11:04 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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