RECON: TNO occultation with 19521

Event between (19521) Chaos and star GA1200:01630875 with event index number of 184146

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/03/29 07:11:03 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:27:54.8 +30:04:15
Equinox of date position of star is 05:29:05.6 +30:05:06
Stellar brightness G=12.1, use SENSEUP=16
Star is 151 degrees from the moon. Moon is 39% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.1

TNO is 41.3 AU from the Sun and 41.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 12.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 802 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4607 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.8
Diameter=660.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 53.8 sec chord
Diameter=269.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 22.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 19521, (2019/03/29 07:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:01.6 +16:32:47  0.8 18.04 139
Alnath         05:27:30.6 +28:37:19  1.6  1.51 151
22 Aur         05:24:36.1 +28:57:11  6.4  1.50 151
PPM 094359     05:27:28.4 +30:00:07  8.2  0.37 151
PPM 070409     05:29:27.8 +30:03:56  9.9  0.07 151
19521          05:29:08.7 +30:05:08 12.1       152
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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 19521, (2019/03/29 07:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 18.04 139
Alnath         05:26:17.5 +28:36:23  1.6  1.51 151
22 Aur         05:23:22.9 +28:56:10  6.4  1.50 151
PPM 094359     05:26:14.6 +29:59:12  8.2  0.37 151
PPM 070409     05:28:13.9 +30:03:04  9.9  0.07 151
19521          05:27:54.8 +30:04:15 12.1       151
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/06/11 22:53:03 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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