RECON: TNO occultation with 35671

Event between (35671) 98SN165 and star UC4-489-001861 with event index number of 85708

Geocentric closest approach at 2017/09/28 01:13:01 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:21:51.3 +07:47:45
Equinox of date position of star is 01:22:45.8 +07:53:11
Stellar brightness R=15.9, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 108 degrees from the moon. Moon is 49% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.3

TNO is 37.4 AU from the Sun and 36.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 105 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1592 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.6
Diameter=457.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.3 sec chord
Diameter=186.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 35671, (2017/09/28 01:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
6Bet Ari       01:55:37.4 +20:53:39  2.6 15.23 119
PPM 144653     01:29:58.8 +07:23:07  6.4  1.85 109
PPM 144532     01:23:52.5 +07:30:46  8.0  0.46 108
PPM 144516     01:22:45.7 +08:08:28 10.0  0.25 108
PPM 144520     01:23:11.0 +07:58:28 10.5  0.13 108
35671          01:22:47.0 +07:53:18 15.9       108
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 35671, (2017/09/28 01:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
6Bet Ari       01:54:38.5 +20:48:27  2.6 15.23 119
PPM 144653     01:29:03.1 +07:17:38  6.4  1.85 109
PPM 144532     01:22:56.9 +07:25:13  8.0  0.46 108
PPM 144516     01:21:50.0 +08:02:55 10.0  0.25 108
PPM 144520     01:22:15.3 +07:52:55 10.5  0.13 108
35671          01:21:51.3 +07:47:45 15.9       107
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2017/05/16 18:33:09 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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