RECON: TNO occultation with 99HV11

Event between 99HV11 and star UC4-376-071128 with event index number of 327758

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/04/04 15:33:23 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:14:17.2 -14:54:18
Equinox of date position of star is 15:15:21.1 -14:58:31
Stellar brightness R=15.5, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 136 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.1

TNO is 43.9 AU from the Sun and 43.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 658 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5919 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.6
Diameter=181.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.3 sec chord
Diameter=74.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 99HV11, (2019/04/04 15:33UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:35.5 -26:28:23  0.9 20.97 116
27Bet Lib      15:18:02.8 -09:27:10  2.6  5.56 137
21Nu Lib       15:07:42.3 -16:19:49  5.2  2.29 138
PPM 229981     15:16:49.6 -14:45:48  8.5  0.41 136
PPM 229924     15:14:43.2 -14:51:12  9.5  0.20 136
99HV11         15:15:21.6 -14:58:33 15.5       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 99HV11, (2019/04/04 15:33UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 20.97 116
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  5.56 137
21Nu Lib       15:06:37.6 -16:15:25  5.2  2.29 138
PPM 229981     15:15:45.2 -14:41:35  8.5  0.41 136
PPM 229924     15:13:38.9 -14:46:56  9.5  0.20 136
99HV11         15:14:17.2 -14:54:18 15.5       136
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/02/12 07:08:38 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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