RECON: TNO occultation with 91205

Event between (91205) 98US43 and star GA1060:01039072 with event index number of 244952

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/01/27 00:11:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:32:22.1 +16:12:31
Equinox of date position of star is 05:33:29.4 +16:13:17
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 112 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.8

TNO is 37.7 AU from the Sun and 37.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 712 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3673 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.0
Diameter=151.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.6 sec chord
Diameter=61.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 91205, (2020/01/27 00:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:15.5 +07:24:33  0.4 10.42 116
Bellatrix      05:26:12.5 +06:21:59  1.6 10.02 108
PPM 121072     05:33:24.0 +17:04:17  6.1  0.85 112
PPM 121019     05:31:07.3 +16:09:55  8.3  0.58 112
PPM 121069     05:33:21.3 +16:08:53  9.5  0.08 112
91205          05:33:31.6 +16:13:18 16.3       113
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 91205, (2020/01/27 00:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 10.42 116
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6 10.02 108
PPM 121072     05:32:14.1 +17:03:29  6.1  0.85 112
PPM 121019     05:29:57.9 +16:09:04  8.3  0.58 112
PPM 121069     05:32:11.9 +16:08:05  9.5  0.08 112
91205          05:32:22.1 +16:12:31 16.3       112
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 23:12:28 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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