RECON: TNO occultation with 248835

Event between (248835) 06SX368 and star UC4-666-024801 with event index number of 165709

Geocentric closest approach at 2018/11/14 23:46:42 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:25:02.8 +43:10:52
Equinox of date position of star is 04:26:22.3 +43:13:23
Stellar brightness R=16.0, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 115 degrees from the moon. Moon is 44% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.5

TNO is 15.5 AU from the Sun and 14.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 7.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 58 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 710 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=75.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.5 sec chord
Diameter=31.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 248835, (2018/11/14 23:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:00.3 +16:32:45  0.8 26.77 114
3Iot Aur       04:58:13.5 +33:11:39  2.7 11.81 121
PPM 046963     04:19:26.8 +42:11:09  6.1  1.64 113
PPM 047081     04:28:09.3 +42:56:59  8.0  0.42 115
PPM 047080     04:28:07.9 +43:10:42  9.2  0.32 115
248835         04:26:22.6 +43:13:23 16.0       115
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 248835, (2018/11/14 23:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 26.77 114
3Iot Aur       04:56:59.6 +33:09:58  2.7 11.81 121
PPM 046963     04:18:08.2 +42:08:27  6.1  1.64 113
PPM 047081     04:26:49.7 +42:54:31  8.0  0.42 115
PPM 047080     04:26:48.1 +43:08:13  9.2  0.32 115
248835         04:25:02.8 +43:10:52 16.0       115
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/10/23 20:43:07 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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