RECON: TNO occultation with 493480

Event between (493480) 14YZ49 and star GA1020:03567206 with event index number of 194083

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/04/03 20:56:21 UTC

J2000 position of star is 12:25:38.8 +12:11:30
Equinox of date position of star is 12:26:36.9 +12:05:09
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 170 degrees from the moon. Moon is 2% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.3

TNO is 39.5 AU from the Sun and 38.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 124 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2306 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.3
Diameter=524.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 21.4 sec chord
Diameter=214.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 493480, (2019/04/03 20:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:16:32.4 +19:04:59  0.0 27.34 143
Vindemiatrix   13:03:08.1 +10:51:22  2.8  9.03 163
20 Vir         12:34:01.3 +10:11:23  6.3  2.62 170
PPM 129121     12:32:37.7 +12:01:18  8.0  1.47 169
PPM 129065     12:28:33.2 +11:59:34  8.6  0.48 170
PPM 129034     12:26:03.6 +11:49:52 10.7  0.29 170
493480         12:26:37.3 +12:05:06 16.4       170
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 493480, (2019/04/03 20:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:15:38.2 +19:10:19  0.0 27.34 143
Vindemiatrix   13:02:10.3 +10:57:33  2.8  9.03 163
20 Vir         12:33:02.8 +10:17:44  6.3  2.62 170
PPM 129121     12:31:39.3 +12:07:40  8.0  1.47 169
PPM 129065     12:27:34.7 +12:05:57  8.6  0.48 170
PPM 129034     12:25:05.0 +11:56:15 10.7  0.29 170
493480         12:25:38.8 +12:11:30 16.4       170
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/02/12 07:08:21 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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