RECON: TNO occultation with 98WV31

Event between 98WV31 and star GA1140:00846667 with event index number of 181923

Geocentric closest approach at 2018/11/13 23:37:08 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:51:54.2 +24:05:13
Equinox of date position of star is 04:53:01.4 +24:07:01
Stellar brightness G=10.4, use SENSEUP=4
Star is 131 degrees from the moon. Moon is 35% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.0

TNO is 38.5 AU from the Sun and 37.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 318 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4422 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.1
Diameter=144.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.2 sec chord
Diameter=59.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 98WV31, (2018/11/13 23:37UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:00.3 +16:32:45  0.8  8.45 126
Alnath         05:27:29.2 +28:37:18  1.6  8.93 138
PPM 093742     04:46:51.0 +23:39:41  6.1  1.49 129
PPM 093877     04:55:46.4 +23:58:02  8.5  0.64 131
PPM 093822     04:52:23.8 +24:19:17  9.4  0.25 130
PPM 093834     04:53:16.8 +24:04:49 11.3  0.06 131
98WV31         04:53:03.0 +24:07:03 10.4       131
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 98WV31, (2018/11/13 23:37UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8  8.45 126
Alnath         05:26:17.5 +28:36:23  1.6  8.93 138
PPM 093742     04:45:42.5 +23:37:41  6.1  1.49 129
PPM 093877     04:54:37.6 +23:56:16  8.5  0.64 131
PPM 093822     04:51:14.9 +24:17:27  9.4  0.25 130
PPM 093834     04:52:08.0 +24:02:59 11.3  0.06 131
98WV31         04:51:54.2 +24:05:13 10.4       131
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/06/05 16:33:40 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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