RECON: TNO occultation with 471152

Event between (471152) 10FE49 and star GA0760:05030224 with event index number of 271460

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/06/14 01:38:21 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:40:33.6 -12:15:32
Equinox of date position of star is 14:41:33.9 -12:20:15
Stellar brightness G=13.6, use SENSEUP=64
Star is 141 degrees from the moon. Moon is 43% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.0

TNO is 35.2 AU from the Sun and 34.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 205 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2394 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=302.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.3 sec chord
Diameter=123.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471152, (2020/06/14 01:38UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:16.4 -11:16:03  1.0 18.48 157
27Bet Lib      15:18:06.6 -09:27:26  2.6  9.40 133
PPM 229046     14:38:05.4 -12:23:30  6.2  0.88 142
PPM 229169     14:43:26.8 -12:14:26  8.4  0.45 140
PPM 229136     14:42:14.5 -12:24:02  9.9  0.15 141
471152         14:41:40.4 -12:20:45 13.6       140
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 471152, (2020/06/14 01:38UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 18.48 157
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  9.40 133
PPM 229046     14:36:58.7 -12:18:13  6.2  0.88 142
PPM 229169     14:42:20.1 -12:09:15  8.4  0.45 140
PPM 229136     14:41:07.8 -12:18:50  9.9  0.15 141
471152         14:40:33.6 -12:15:32 13.6       141
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/06/25 21:40:57 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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