RECON: TNO occultation with 523644

Event between (523644) 10VX11 and star GA0880:00572216 with event index number of 325869

Geocentric closest approach at 2018/11/29 13:51:31 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:11:43.1 -00:07:29
Equinox of date position of star is 05:12:40.9 -00:06:11
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 77 degrees from the moon. Moon is 55% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.0

TNO is 28.8 AU from the Sun and 27.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 71 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1044 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.4
Diameter=316.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.4 sec chord
Diameter=129.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E+6:4II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523644, (2018/11/29 13:52UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:26.9 -08:10:52  0.1  8.11  79
67Bet Eri      05:08:46.8 -05:03:48  2.8  5.06  79
PPM 148621     05:14:30.5 +01:59:19  6.4  2.14  76
PPM 148567     05:11:55.1 +00:01:41  8.0  0.23  77
523644         05:12:41.2 -00:06:10 16.8        77
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 523644, (2018/11/29 13:52UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1  8.11  79
67Bet Eri      05:07:50.9 -05:05:13  2.8  5.06  79
PPM 148621     05:13:31.5 +01:58:03  6.4  2.14  76
PPM 148567     05:10:56.9 +00:00:21  8.0  0.23  77
523644         05:11:43.1 -00:07:29 16.8        77
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/10/23 20:44:32 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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