RECON: TNO occultation with 492338

Event between (492338) 14FW and star GA0820:04638364 with event index number of 193992

Geocentric closest approach at 2018/07/18 10:21:03 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:02:32.5 -06:59:25
Equinox of date position of star is 15:03:31.3 -07:03:43
Stellar brightness G=15.5, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 37 degrees from the moon. Moon is 35% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.7

TNO is 10.9 AU from the Sun and 10.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 6.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 92 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1042 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=60.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.4 sec chord
Diameter=24.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 492338, (2018/07/18 10:21UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:10.4 -11:15:27  1.0 24.38  17
27Bet Lib      15:18:00.4 -09:27:01  2.6  4.30  41
19Del Lib      15:01:58.0 -08:35:29  4.9  1.58  37
PPM 198193     15:05:05.8 -06:57:32  7.9  0.40  37
PPM 198173     15:03:58.0 -07:06:34  9.6  0.12  37
492338         15:03:31.7 -07:03:45 15.5        37
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 492338, (2018/07/18 10:21UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 24.38  17
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  4.30  41
19Del Lib      15:00:58.3 -08:31:08  4.9  1.58  37
PPM 198193     15:04:06.7 -06:53:14  7.9  0.40  37
PPM 198173     15:02:58.7 -07:02:15  9.6  0.12  37
492338         15:02:32.5 -06:59:25 15.5        37
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/06/05 16:15:32 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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