RECON: TNO occultation with 24835

Event between (24835) 95SM55 and star UC4-620-009478 with event index number of 91145

Geocentric closest approach at 2017/11/27 22:29:53 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:05:26.1 +33:54:28
Equinox of date position of star is 03:06:29.7 +33:58:23
Stellar brightness R=15.2, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 65 degrees from the moon. Moon is 62% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.4

TNO is 38.1 AU from the Sun and 37.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 120 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2656 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.6
Diameter=724.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 29.2 sec chord
Diameter=295.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 24835, (2017/11/27 22:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:36:57.0 +16:32:38  0.8 26.74  79
Algol          03:09:20.5 +41:01:24  2.1  7.07  69
24 Per         03:00:10.6 +35:15:14  4.9  1.83  65
PPM 068087     03:07:04.8 +34:04:40  7.7  0.15  65
PPM 068075     03:06:21.2 +33:51:55 10.4  0.12  65
24835          03:06:32.8 +33:58:35 15.2        65
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 24835, (2017/11/27 22:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 26.74  79
Algol          03:08:10.1 +40:57:20  2.1  7.07  69
24 Per         02:59:03.6 +35:10:59  4.9  1.83  65
PPM 068087     03:05:58.0 +34:00:34  7.7  0.15  65
PPM 068075     03:05:14.5 +33:47:47 10.4  0.12  65
24835          03:05:26.1 +33:54:28 15.2        65
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2017/01/21 18:01:50 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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