RECON: TNO occultation with 500833

Event between (500833) 13GD137 and star UC4-385-065684 with event index number of 220515

Geocentric closest approach at 2018/05/10 18:10:26 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:37:24.5 -13:10:39
Equinox of date position of star is 14:38:23.2 -13:15:16
Stellar brightness R=14.7, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 129 degrees from the moon. Moon is 25% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.8

TNO is 35.6 AU from the Sun and 34.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.0 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 106 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1493 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.3
Diameter=131.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.5 sec chord
Diameter=53.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 500833, (2018/05/10 18:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:09.8 -11:15:24  1.0 17.76 146
27Bet Lib      15:17:59.8 -09:26:58  2.6 10.42 121
PPM 229046     14:37:58.6 -12:22:57  6.2  0.88 129
PPM 229061     14:39:06.7 -12:59:23  7.8  0.32 129
PPM 229047     14:38:07.4 -13:14:13  9.2  0.07 129
500833         14:38:24.6 -13:15:23 14.7       129
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 500833, (2018/05/10 18:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 17.76 146
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6 10.42 121
PPM 229046     14:36:58.7 -12:18:13  6.2  0.88 129
PPM 229061     14:38:06.7 -12:54:39  7.8  0.32 129
PPM 229047     14:37:07.3 -13:09:29  9.2  0.07 129
500833         14:37:24.5 -13:10:39 14.7       129
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2017/12/02 17:31:04 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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