RECON: TNO occultation with 13VF24

Event between 13VF24 and star GA1000:00648703 with event index number of 302421

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/03/11 22:46:42 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:07:51.8 +11:17:54
Equinox of date position of star is 05:08:54.5 +11:19:18
Stellar brightness G=14.4, use SENSEUP=64
Star is 27 degrees from the moon. Moon is 25% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5

TNO is 26.9 AU from the Sun and 27.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 11.1 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 331 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2944 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.0
Diameter=153.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.8 sec chord
Diameter=62.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E+6:4II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13VF24, (2019/03/11 22:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:01.4 +16:32:47  0.8  9.34  19
Bellatrix      05:26:09.7 +06:21:56  1.6  6.53  32
16 Ori         05:10:23.1 +09:51:10  5.4  1.51  27
PPM 120627     05:08:50.0 +10:55:09  7.2  0.40  27
PPM 120611     05:07:59.4 +11:01:18 10.0  0.38  27
13VF24         05:08:55.8 +11:19:20 14.4        27
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 13VF24, (2019/03/11 22:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8  9.34  19
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6  6.53  32
16 Ori         05:09:19.7 +09:49:46  5.4  1.51  27
PPM 120627     05:07:46.2 +10:53:43  7.2  0.40  27
PPM 120611     05:06:55.6 +10:59:51 10.0  0.38  27
13VF24         05:07:51.8 +11:17:54 14.4        27
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/10/23 21:00:26 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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