RECON: TNO occultation with 471149

Event between (471149) 10FB49 and star GA0880:04181119 with event index number of 250821

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/03/19 20:25:42 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:34:50.4 -01:35:03
Equinox of date position of star is 13:35:47.4 -01:40:42
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 108 degrees from the moon. Moon is 18% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.5

TNO is 26.2 AU from the Sun and 25.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 22.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 86 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1394 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=208.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.2 sec chord
Diameter=85.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471149, (2020/03/19 20:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:15.7 -11:15:58  1.0  9.87 106
79Zet Vir      13:35:43.5 -00:41:55  3.4  0.99 108
PPM 179092     13:37:16.7 -01:02:02  7.6  0.74 107
PPM 179096     13:37:46.4 -01:21:48  9.5  0.57 107
PPM 179078     13:34:46.7 -01:31:41 10.4  0.32 108
471149         13:35:52.8 -01:41:14 16.1       107
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 471149, (2020/03/19 20:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0  9.87 106
79Zet Vir      13:34:41.2 -00:35:45  3.4  0.99 108
PPM 179092     13:36:14.3 -00:55:52  7.6  0.74 107
PPM 179096     13:36:44.0 -01:15:38  9.5  0.57 107
PPM 179078     13:33:44.2 -01:25:29 10.4  0.32 108
471149         13:34:50.4 -01:35:03 16.1       107
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/06/12 19:56:35 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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