RECON: TNO occultation with 83982

Event between (83982) Crantor and star GA0680:36299681 with event index number of 225340

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/11/20 22:10:57 UTC

J2000 position of star is 21:05:07.4 -20:49:19
Equinox of date position of star is 21:06:10.6 -20:44:51
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 151 degrees from the moon. Moon is 38% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.0

TNO is 19.4 AU from the Sun and 19.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 291 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1930 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.8
Diameter=104.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.1 sec chord
Diameter=42.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 83982, (2019/11/20 22:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:44.7 -29:30:59  1.2 26.85 162
25Chi Cap      21:09:41.8 -21:06:46  5.3  0.88 151
PPM 272015     21:06:21.6 -21:06:38  8.3  0.37 151
PPM 272034     21:07:09.9 -20:56:22  9.5  0.29 151
83982          21:06:15.5 -20:44:30 16.5       151
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, (2019/11/20 22:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.5 -29:37:23  1.2 26.85 162
25Chi Cap      21:08:33.7 -21:11:38  5.3  0.88 151
PPM 272015     21:05:13.3 -21:11:27  8.3  0.37 151
PPM 272034     21:06:01.7 -21:01:12  9.5  0.29 151
83982          21:05:07.4 -20:49:19 16.5       151
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/06/12 07:51:02 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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