RECON: TNO occultation with 500835

Event between (500835) 13GN137 and star GA0740:05242972 with event index number of 253343

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/03/03 16:07:10 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:40:38.4 -14:05:26
Equinox of date position of star is 14:41:42.4 -14:10:23
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 139 degrees from the moon. Moon is 59% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.3

TNO is 42.0 AU from the Sun and 41.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 10.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 281 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2114 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.0
Diameter=239.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 22.9 sec chord
Diameter=97.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 500835, (2020/03/03 16:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:15.5 -11:15:58  1.0 18.63 120
27Bet Lib      15:18:05.7 -09:27:22  2.6 10.07 145
5 Lib          14:47:04.7 -15:32:36  6.5  1.88 140
PPM 229140     14:42:25.2 -14:00:50  8.5  0.23 139
PPM 229118     14:41:22.1 -14:10:29  9.7  0.09 139
500835         14:41:44.8 -14:10:34 16.3       139
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 500835, (2020/03/03 16:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 18.63 120
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6 10.07 145
5 Lib          14:45:57.7 -15:27:34  6.5  1.88 140
PPM 229140     14:41:18.9 -13:55:43  8.5  0.23 139
PPM 229118     14:40:15.7 -14:05:20  9.7  0.09 139
500835         14:40:38.4 -14:05:26 16.3       139
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 23:19:52 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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