RECON: TNO occultation with 449097

Event between (449097) 12UT68 and star UC4-621-025915 with event index number of 115370

Geocentric closest approach at 2018/04/07 19:20:34 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:36:29.1 +34:07:42
Equinox of date position of star is 05:37:40.4 +34:08:18
Stellar brightness R=14.1, use SENSEUP=64
Star is 158 degrees from the moon. Moon is 55% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.3

TNO is 13.5 AU from the Sun and 13.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 20.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 7.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 104 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 763 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.6
Diameter=72.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.6 sec chord
Diameter=29.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 449097, (2018/04/07 19:21UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:36:58.3 +16:32:41  0.8 22.25 147
Alnath         05:27:26.9 +28:37:16  1.6  5.93 159
PPM 070537     05:34:51.1 +34:44:13  6.1  0.84 157
PPM 070650     05:39:37.1 +34:11:00  8.5  0.40 158
449097         05:37:41.7 +34:08:18 14.1       158
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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 449097, (2018/04/07 19:21UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 22.25 147
Alnath         05:26:17.5 +28:36:24  1.6  5.93 159
PPM 070537     05:33:38.2 +34:43:32  6.1  0.84 157
PPM 070650     05:38:24.4 +34:10:27  8.5  0.40 158
449097         05:36:29.1 +34:07:42 14.1       158
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2017/12/02 17:25:11 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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