RECON: TNO occultation with 83982

Event between (83982) Crantor and star GA0680:36341559 with event index number of 204600

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/07/24 01:29:57 UTC

J2000 position of star is 21:14:15.5 -20:07:50
Equinox of date position of star is 21:15:18.2 -20:03:12
Stellar brightness G=14.5, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 65 degrees from the moon. Moon is 60% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.6

TNO is 19.2 AU from the Sun and 18.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 22.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 182 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1721 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.8
Diameter=104.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.7 sec chord
Diameter=42.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 83982, (2019/07/24 01:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:43.6 -29:31:05  1.2 25.23  47
28Phi Cap      21:16:44.6 -20:34:10  4.8  0.61  64
PPM 272229     21:15:03.8 -20:00:22  7.8  0.08  65
83982          21:15:22.0 -20:02:56 14.5        64
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 83982, (2019/07/24 01:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.5 -29:37:23  1.2 25.23  47
28Phi Cap      21:15:38.0 -20:39:06  4.8  0.61  64
PPM 272229     21:13:57.4 -20:05:16  7.8  0.08  65
83982          21:14:15.5 -20:07:50 14.5        65
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/06/12 02:25:07 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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