RECON: TNO occultation with 24978

Event between (24978) 98HJ151 and star GA0640:11482462 with event index number of 278338

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/07/19 03:42:14 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:09:07.8 -24:06:16
Equinox of date position of star is 17:10:22.7 -24:07:46
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 161 degrees from the moon. Moon is 3% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=26.4

TNO is 42.9 AU from the Sun and 42.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 2009 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5363 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=190.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.3 sec chord
Diameter=77.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 24978, (2020/07/19 03:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:40.2 -26:28:33  0.9  9.27 152
35Eta Oph      17:11:33.5 -15:44:56  2.6  8.39 159
26 Oph         17:01:25.2 -25:01:07  5.8  2.22 159
PPM 266409     17:07:48.9 -23:55:51  8.2  0.62 161
PPM 266477     17:10:38.0 -23:55:59  9.3  0.20 161
24978          17:10:22.9 -24:07:46 16.5       161
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 24978, (2020/07/19 03:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  9.27 152
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  8.39 159
26 Oph         17:00:09.6 -24:59:22  5.8  2.22 159
PPM 266409     17:06:33.9 -23:54:17  8.2  0.62 161
PPM 266477     17:09:22.9 -23:54:30  9.3  0.20 161
24978          17:09:07.8 -24:06:16 16.5       161
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/06/21 05:14:41 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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