RECON: TNO occultation with 471155

Event between (471155) 10GF65 and star GA0540:10320890 with event index number of 276839

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/07/16 03:15:53 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:30:52.6 -34:16:00
Equinox of date position of star is 16:32:06.4 -34:18:22
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 161 degrees from the moon. Moon is 22% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.8

TNO is 23.0 AU from the Sun and 22.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 363 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3331 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=229.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 15.3 sec chord
Diameter=93.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471155, (2020/07/16 03:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:40.2 -26:28:33  0.9  7.84 167
26Eps Sco      16:51:29.9 -34:19:43  2.3  3.98 158
PPM 295143     16:32:43.7 -34:44:50  4.2  0.45 160
PPM 295139     16:32:31.3 -34:22:33  7.1  0.09 161
PPM 295135     16:32:23.7 -34:16:54 10.1  0.05 161
471155         16:32:13.1 -34:18:35 16.1       161
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, (2020/07/16 03:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  7.84 167
26Eps Sco      16:50:08.9 -34:17:41  2.3  3.98 158
PPM 295143     16:31:22.9 -34:42:16  4.2  0.45 160
PPM 295139     16:31:10.8 -34:19:58  7.1  0.09 161
PPM 295135     16:31:03.2 -34:14:20 10.1  0.05 161
471155         16:30:52.6 -34:16:00 16.1       161
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/10/27 20:13:26 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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