RECON: TNO occultation with 98WY24

Event between 98WY24 and star GA1120:02543151 with event index number of 178303

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/01/09 13:48:05 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:55:51.3 +22:49:52
Equinox of date position of star is 06:56:59.8 +22:48:20
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 136 degrees from the moon. Moon is 11% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.7

TNO is 41.5 AU from the Sun and 40.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 25.4 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 474 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1795 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=291.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.4 sec chord
Diameter=118.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 98WY24, (2019/01/09 13:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:28.6 +27:58:43  1.1 12.30 146
Alhena         06:38:48.6 +16:22:53  1.9  7.72 131
36 Gem         06:52:41.4 +21:44:13  5.3  1.46 135
PPM 096732     06:56:13.2 +22:32:05  8.0  0.33 136
PPM 096721     06:55:49.7 +22:52:10 10.9  0.28 135
98WY24         06:57:00.1 +22:48:19 16.0       136
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 98WY24, (2019/01/09 13:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:18.0 +28:01:33  1.1 12.30 146
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9  7.72 131
36 Gem         06:51:33.0 +21:45:39  5.3  1.46 135
PPM 096732     06:55:04.4 +22:33:37  8.0  0.33 136
PPM 096721     06:54:40.8 +22:53:41 10.9  0.28 135
98WY24         06:55:51.3 +22:49:52 16.0       136
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/12/04 05:07:28 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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