RECON: TNO occultation with 54598

Event between (54598) Bienor and star UC4-649-012438 with event index number of 85927

Geocentric closest approach at 2017/10/19 00:54:27 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:05:19.3 +39:38:43
Equinox of date position of star is 03:06:26.9 +39:42:44
Stellar brightness R=14.8, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 135 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=19.4

TNO is 15.1 AU from the Sun and 14.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 57 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 651 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.5
Diameter=190.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.9 sec chord
Diameter=77.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 54598, (2017/10/19 00:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:36:56.6 +16:32:37  0.8 30.39 127
Algol          03:09:20.0 +41:01:23  2.1  1.42 133
25Rho Per      03:06:19.4 +38:54:29  3.3  0.81 135
PPM 045859     03:08:47.7 +40:09:11  8.4  0.63 134
PPM 068078     03:06:35.3 +39:43:18  9.1  0.02 135
54598          03:06:28.3 +39:42:49 14.8       134
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 54598, (2017/10/19 00:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 30.39 127
Algol          03:08:10.1 +40:57:20  2.1  1.42 133
25Rho Per      03:05:10.8 +38:50:23  3.3  0.81 135
PPM 045859     03:07:38.3 +40:05:08  8.4  0.63 134
PPM 068078     03:05:26.2 +39:39:12  9.1  0.02 135
54598          03:05:19.3 +39:38:43 14.8       135
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2017/06/14 16:59:04 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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