RECON: TNO occultation with 470599

Event between (470599) 08OG19 and star UC4-397-126073 with event index number of 146580

Geocentric closest approach at 2017/11/11 19:54:26 UTC

J2000 position of star is 20:47:05.1 -10:45:02
Equinox of date position of star is 20:47:59.5 -10:41:19
Stellar brightness R=16.1
Star is 158 degrees from the moon. Moon is 40% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.7

TNO is 38.7 AU from the Sun and 38.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 11.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 211 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1834 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.7
Diameter=691.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 61.5 sec chord
Diameter=282.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 25.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 470599, (2017/11/11 19:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:38.0 -29:31:38  1.2 35.77 160
Tarazed        19:47:06.5 +10:39:28  2.7 26.17 136
2Eps Aqr       20:48:38.5 -09:25:46  3.8  1.26 158
PPM 237903     20:47:35.8 -10:38:50  8.5  0.12 158
470599         20:48:03.4 -10:41:03 16.1       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.

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Star training set for 470599, (2017/11/11 19:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.5 -29:37:23  1.2 35.77 160
Tarazed        19:46:15.6 +10:36:48  2.7 26.17 136
2Eps Aqr       20:47:40.6 -09:29:45  3.8  1.26 158
PPM 237903     20:46:37.5 -10:42:49  8.5  0.12 158
470599         20:47:05.1 -10:45:02 16.1       158
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2016/09/01 18:17:28 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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