RECON: TNO occultation with 82158

Event between (82158) 01FP185 and star GA0940:03980475 with event index number of 248545

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/02/12 07:34:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:57:37.4 +04:55:51
Equinox of date position of star is 14:58:33.8 +04:51:22
Stellar brightness G=12.4, use SENSEUP=16
Star is 38 degrees from the moon. Moon is 87% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.1

TNO is 37.7 AU from the Sun and 37.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 12.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 172 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4136 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=346.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 26.8 sec chord
Diameter=141.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 82158, (2020/02/12 07:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:16:34.9 +19:04:45  0.0 17.54  31
Unukalhai      15:45:15.6 +06:21:49  2.6 11.70  49
PPM 161289     15:08:40.3 +05:25:18  6.2  2.57  40
PPM 161112     14:57:42.3 +05:19:08  8.1  0.52  38
PPM 161119     14:58:04.5 +05:21:03  8.7  0.52  38
PPM 161122     14:58:30.0 +05:05:25 10.1  0.24  38
82158          14:58:37.7 +04:51:04 12.4        38
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 82158, (2020/02/12 07:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:15:38.2 +19:10:19  0.0 17.54  31
Unukalhai      15:44:16.3 +06:25:33  2.6 11.70  49
PPM 161289     15:07:40.3 +05:29:53  6.2  2.57  40
PPM 161112     14:56:42.2 +05:23:56  8.1  0.52  38
PPM 161119     14:57:04.4 +05:25:51  8.7  0.52  38
PPM 161122     14:57:29.8 +05:10:12 10.1  0.24  38
82158          14:57:37.4 +04:55:51 12.4        38
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/10/26 20:43:30 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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