RECON: TNO occultation with 50000

Event between (50000) Quaoar and star GA0740:15451214 with event index number of 316747

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/09/26 19:03:21 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:04:27.4 -15:30:02
Equinox of date position of star is 18:05:35.4 -15:29:53
Stellar brightness G=15.5, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 115 degrees from the moon. Moon is 6% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=18.9

TNO is 42.8 AU from the Sun and 42.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 7.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 308 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1807 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=2.4
Diameter=1995.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 272.3 sec chord
Diameter=814.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 111.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 50000, (2019/09/26 19:03UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:37.2 -26:28:27  0.9 24.67  95
35Eta Oph      17:11:30.7 -15:44:53  2.6 13.02 102
6 Sgr          18:02:32.0 -17:09:21  6.3  1.81 114
PPM 234043     18:07:42.1 -14:58:11  8.2  0.73 115
PPM 233983     18:05:37.2 -15:38:32  9.7  0.14 115
50000          18:05:35.4 -15:29:53 15.5       115
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 50000, (2019/09/26 19:03UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 24.67  95
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6 13.02 102
6 Sgr          18:01:23.1 -17:09:25  6.3  1.81 114
PPM 234043     18:06:34.3 -14:58:23  8.2  0.73 115
PPM 233983     18:04:29.1 -15:38:40  9.7  0.14 115
50000          18:04:27.4 -15:30:02 15.5       115
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/09/25 21:33:34 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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