RECON: TNO occultation with 447178

Event between (447178) 05RO43 and star GA0800:00488608 with event index number of 178571

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/02/02 17:18:25 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:07:12.0 -09:34:26
Equinox of date position of star is 05:08:04.7 -09:33:02
Stellar brightness G=12.8, use SENSEUP=32
Star is 134 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.3

TNO is 19.7 AU from the Sun and 19.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 66 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 901 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=229.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 15.4 sec chord
Diameter=93.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 447178, (2019/02/02 17:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:27.4 -08:10:51  0.1  2.27 136
67Bet Eri      05:08:47.4 -05:03:47  2.8  4.49 137
69Lam Eri      05:10:03.7 -08:43:51  4.3  0.95 135
PPM 187689     05:06:37.6 -09:24:21  8.4  0.39 134
PPM 187705     05:07:20.5 -09:39:50  9.0  0.22 134
447178         05:08:06.5 -09:32:59 12.8       134
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 447178, (2019/02/02 17:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1  2.27 136
67Bet Eri      05:07:50.9 -05:05:13  2.8  4.49 137
69Lam Eri      05:09:08.8 -08:45:15  4.3  0.95 135
PPM 187689     05:05:43.0 -09:25:50  8.4  0.39 134
PPM 187705     05:06:26.1 -09:41:17  9.0  0.22 134
447178         05:07:12.0 -09:34:26 12.8       134
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/06/11 22:35:14 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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