RECON: TNO occultation with 14YJ50

Event between 14YJ50 and star UC4-572-044981 with event index number of 141854

Geocentric closest approach at 2017/10/27 23:41:45 UTC

J2000 position of star is 08:54:58.1 +24:13:41
Equinox of date position of star is 08:55:59.1 +24:09:40
Stellar brightness R=14.1, use SENSEUP=64
Star is 171 degrees from the moon. Moon is 51% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.3

TNO is 35.2 AU from the Sun and 35.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 7.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1821 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3459 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=271.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 34.4 sec chord
Diameter=110.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 14.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14YJ50, (2017/10/27 23:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:24.3 +27:58:54  1.1 16.08 165
69Nu Cnc       09:03:46.6 +24:22:54  5.4  1.78 170
PPM 099167     08:57:16.2 +24:22:42  7.1  0.36 171
PPM 099132     08:54:58.6 +24:01:12 10.0  0.27 171
PPM 099151     08:56:23.6 +24:18:52 10.4  0.18 171
14YJ50         08:56:00.6 +24:09:33 14.1       171
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 14YJ50, (2017/10/27 23:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:18.1 +28:01:33  1.1 16.08 165
69Nu Cnc       09:02:44.2 +24:27:10  5.4  1.78 170
PPM 099167     08:56:13.7 +24:26:51  7.1  0.36 171
PPM 099132     08:53:56.1 +24:05:19 10.0  0.27 171
PPM 099151     08:55:21.1 +24:23:00 10.4  0.18 171
14YJ50         08:54:58.1 +24:13:41 14.1       171
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2017/05/16 18:35:13 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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