RECON: TNO occultation with 443843

Event between (443843) 01FO185 and star UC4-388-064240 with event index number of 87785

Geocentric closest approach at 2017/04/26 23:44:58 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:41:51.1 -12:31:17
Equinox of date position of star is 14:42:44.1 -12:35:24
Stellar brightness R=16.5
Star is 178 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.5

TNO is 42.1 AU from the Sun and 41.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 174 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2378 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=208.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.5 sec chord
Diameter=85.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 443843, (2017/04/26 23:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:06.5 -11:15:04  1.0 18.80 159
27Bet Lib      15:17:56.5 -09:26:45  2.6  9.18 173
PPM 229046     14:37:55.3 -12:22:42  6.2  1.21 177
PPM 229169     14:43:16.6 -12:13:38  8.4  0.39 178
PPM 229145     14:42:28.9 -12:47:37  8.8  0.21 177
443843         14:42:47.7 -12:35:41 16.5       178
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.

Event circumstances last updated at 2016/03/20 17:20:51 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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