RECON: TNO occultation with 13WV107

Event between 13WV107 and star UC4-538-036354 with event index number of 99968

Geocentric closest approach at 2018/01/25 12:46:43 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:56:58.0 +17:33:46
Equinox of date position of star is 06:58:00.6 +17:32:17
Stellar brightness R=16.4, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 60 degrees from the moon. Moon is 57% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.7

TNO is 11.0 AU from the Sun and 10.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 9.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 69 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 803 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.3
Diameter=56.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.7 sec chord
Diameter=23.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13WV107, (2018/01/25 12:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:25.1 +27:58:52  1.1 15.26  71
Alhena         06:38:45.3 +16:22:57  1.9  4.75  56
PPM 123373     07:01:20.1 +15:30:31  6.4  2.18  61
PPM 123276     06:57:19.6 +17:42:44  7.9  0.24  60
13WV107        06:58:01.0 +17:32:16 16.4        60
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 13WV107, (2018/01/25 12:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:18.1 +28:01:33  1.1 15.26  71
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9  4.75  56
PPM 123373     07:00:18.1 +15:32:06  6.4  2.18  61
PPM 123276     06:56:16.5 +17:44:13  7.9  0.24  60
13WV107        06:56:58.0 +17:33:46 16.4        60
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2017/12/16 18:26:00 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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