RECON: TNO occultation with 471210

Event between (471210) 10VW11 and star UC4-417-005771 with event index number of 180229

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/02/20 13:18:18 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:21:38.9 -06:40:31
Equinox of date position of star is 04:22:29.7 -06:38:08
Stellar brightness R=16.5, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 103 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.1

TNO is 36.6 AU from the Sun and 36.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 150 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4142 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.3
Diameter=524.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 36.1 sec chord
Diameter=214.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 14.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471210, (2019/02/20 13:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:27.5 -08:10:51  0.1 13.20  90
67Bet Eri      05:08:47.5 -05:03:47  2.8 11.60  91
PPM 186813     04:21:35.1 -06:12:06  6.5  0.50 103
PPM 186830     04:22:33.8 -06:14:24  7.1  0.39 102
PPM 186837     04:22:44.9 -06:27:44  8.9  0.17 102
471210         04:22:35.0 -06:37:52 16.5       102
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 471210, (2019/02/20 13:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1 13.20  90
67Bet Eri      05:07:50.9 -05:05:13  2.8 11.60  91
PPM 186813     04:20:38.7 -06:14:47  6.5  0.50 103
PPM 186830     04:21:37.5 -06:17:03  7.1  0.39 102
PPM 186837     04:21:48.7 -06:30:22  8.9  0.17 102
471210         04:21:38.9 -06:40:31 16.5       103
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2017/04/24 16:39:08 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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