RECON: TNO occultation with 471155

Event between (471155) 10GF65 and star GA0540:10641755 with event index number of 271414

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/06/17 17:52:16 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:34:33.6 -34:29:18
Equinox of date position of star is 16:35:50.0 -34:31:39
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 150 degrees from the moon. Moon is 12% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.7

TNO is 23.0 AU from the Sun and 22.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 569 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3316 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=229.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.7 sec chord
Diameter=93.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471155, (2020/06/17 17:52UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:39.9 -26:28:32  0.9  8.13 155
26Eps Sco      16:51:29.6 -34:19:43  2.3  3.22 147
PPM 295143     16:32:43.4 -34:44:49  4.2  0.69 150
PPM 295183     16:34:57.0 -34:26:15  8.4  0.22 150
PPM 295205     16:36:00.8 -34:40:36  9.9  0.15 150
471155         16:35:54.1 -34:31:47 16.5       149
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 471155, (2020/06/17 17:52UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  8.13 155
26Eps Sco      16:50:08.9 -34:17:41  2.3  3.22 147
PPM 295143     16:31:22.9 -34:42:16  4.2  0.69 150
PPM 295183     16:33:36.7 -34:23:46  8.4  0.22 150
PPM 295205     16:34:40.2 -34:38:08  9.9  0.15 150
471155         16:34:33.6 -34:29:18 16.5       150
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 23:53:00 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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