RECON: TNO occultation with 01VN71

Event between 01VN71 and star GA1220:03016038 with event index number of 999614

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/12/07 09:18:12 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:02:46.9 +33:09:48
Equinox of date position of star is 07:04:08.8 +33:07:53
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 54 degrees from the moon. Moon is 57% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.7

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TNO is 30.6 AU from the Sun and 29.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 308 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2077 km.
The sky-plane scale is 21603.5 km/arcsec.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.8
Diameter=103.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.8 sec chord
Diameter=42.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 01VN71, (2020/12/07 09:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:35.6 +27:58:26  1.1 10.48  44
PPM 072472     07:09:35.5 +33:47:52  6.3  1.32  53
PPM 072350     07:03:05.2 +33:39:15  7.8  0.57  54
PPM 072373     07:04:41.7 +33:15:55  8.9  0.18  54
PPM 072363     07:04:00.2 +33:10:30 10.3  0.05  54
01VN71         07:04:08.9 +33:07:53 16.4        54
Positions are for equinox of date

This table contains the target star visibility for the RECON network. The observing range has been set to a maximum of 2.9 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 22.8 km RECON observability=1.0 and success probability=7.8%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Clarence Fulton 09:19:05 -57.3 Dark Up 71.8 156.3 Up 09:04:05 - 09:34:05 5345
Kelowna 09:19:07 -57.6 Dark Up 72.1 155.5 Up 09:04:07 - 09:34:07 5302
Peachland 09:19:07 -57.8 Dark Up 72.1 154.6 Up 09:04:07 - 09:34:07 5285
Summerland 09:19:08 -57.9 Dark Up 72.3 154.6 Up 09:04:08 - 09:34:08 5271
Penticton 09:19:07 -57.9 Dark Up 72.4 154.8 Up 09:04:07 - 09:34:07 5266
Oliver 09:19:07 -58.2 Dark Up 72.7 154.3 Up 09:04:07 - 09:34:07 5229
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 09:19:06 -58.2 Dark Up 72.9 154.6 Up 09:04:06 - 09:34:06 5214
Tonasket 09:19:06 -58.5 Dark Up 73.1 154.0 Up 09:04:06 - 09:34:06 5180
Okanogan 09:19:06 -58.8 Dark Up 73.4 153.1 Up 09:04:06 - 09:34:06 5142
Brewster 09:19:07 -59.1 Dark Up 73.6 152.1 Up 09:04:07 - 09:34:07 5110
Victoria 09:19:19 -60.3 Dark Up 71.9 143.6 Up 09:04:19 - 09:34:19 5104
Manson/Chelan 09:19:07 -59.4 Dark Up 73.6 150.7 Up 09:04:07 - 09:34:07 5082
Entiat 09:19:07 -59.6 Dark Up 73.8 150.2 Up 09:04:07 - 09:34:07 5058
Wenatchee 09:19:08 -59.8 Dark Up 74.0 149.5 Up 09:04:08 - 09:34:08 5029
Ellensburg 09:19:07 -60.2 Dark Up 74.3 148.1 Up 09:04:07 - 09:34:07 4982
Yakima 09:19:07 -60.5 Dark Up 74.6 147.3 Up 09:04:07 - 09:34:07 4938
Pasco 09:19:02 -60.1 Dark Up 75.4 150.8 Up 09:04:02 - 09:34:02 4925
Toppenish/White Swan 09:19:07 -60.6 Dark Up 74.9 147.3 Up 09:04:07 - 09:34:07 4918
PNWRO 09:19:01 -60.2 Dark Up 75.7 151.0 Up 09:04:01 - 09:34:01 4902
Goldendale 09:19:08 -61.2 Dark Up 75.2 144.9 Up 09:04:08 - 09:34:08 4852
The Dalles 09:19:09 -61.6 Dark Up 75.2 143.4 Up 09:04:09 - 09:34:09 4822
Maupin 09:19:09 -61.8 Dark Up 75.6 142.8 Up 09:04:09 - 09:34:09 4779
Redmond 09:19:08 -62.5 Dark Up 76.2 140.2 Up 09:04:08 - 09:34:08 4680
Sisters 09:19:09 -62.7 Dark Up 76.0 139.1 Up 09:04:09 - 09:34:09 4677
Bend 09:19:07 -62.7 Dark Up 76.3 139.2 Up 09:04:07 - 09:34:07 4655
Oregon Observatory 09:19:09 -62.9 Dark Up 76.4 138.4 Up 09:04:09 - 09:34:09 4634
La Pine/Gilchrist 09:19:08 -63.1 Dark Up 76.5 137.7 Up 09:04:08 - 09:34:08 4611
Niwot 09:18:04 -54.7 Dark Up 81.9 212.9 Up 09:03:04 - 09:33:04 4594
SwRI 09:18:04 -54.8 Dark Up 82.0 212.8 Up 09:03:04 - 09:33:04 4581
North Lake 09:19:06 -63.1 Dark Up 77.1 138.2 Up 09:04:06 - 09:34:06 4574
Paisley 09:19:04 -63.3 Dark Up 77.7 137.6 Up 09:04:04 - 09:34:04 4520
Lakeview 09:19:03 -63.5 Dark Up 78.2 136.6 Up 09:04:03 - 09:34:03 4468
Klamath Falls 09:19:08 -64.2 Dark Up 77.4 132.4 Up 09:04:08 - 09:34:08 4450
Cedarville 09:19:01 -63.8 Dark Up 78.7 134.9 Up 09:04:01 - 09:34:01 4400
Fall River/Burney 09:19:06 -64.8 Dark Up 78.4 129.4 Up 09:04:06 - 09:34:06 4328
Susanville 09:19:02 -64.8 Dark Up 79.2 129.1 Up 09:04:02 - 09:34:02 4272
Gimple 09:19:03 -65.1 Dark Up 79.3 127.3 Up 09:04:03 - 09:34:03 4238
Greenville 09:19:03 -65.1 Dark Up 79.2 127.1 Up 09:04:03 - 09:34:03 4237
Quincy 09:19:03 -65.3 Dark Up 79.3 126.2 Up 09:04:03 - 09:34:03 4215
Portola 09:19:01 -65.1 Dark Up 79.7 127.1 Up 09:04:01 - 09:34:01 4209
Reno 09:18:59 -64.8 Dark Up 80.3 128.1 Up 09:03:59 - 09:33:59 4192
Carson City 09:18:57 -65.0 Dark Up 80.5 126.4 Up 09:03:57 - 09:33:57 4153
Yerington 09:18:55 -64.7 Dark Up 81.0 127.7 Up 09:03:55 - 09:33:55 4144
Gardnerville 09:18:58 -65.1 Dark Up 80.7 125.4 Up 09:03:58 - 09:33:58 4127
Hawthorne 09:18:53 -64.6 Dark Up 81.6 127.2 Up 09:03:53 - 09:33:53 4103
Tonopah 09:18:47 -63.9 Dark Up 82.7 130.4 Up 09:03:47 - 09:33:47 4080
Lee Vining 09:18:54 -65.3 Dark Up 81.6 122.3 Up 09:03:54 - 09:33:54 4033
Bishop 09:18:51 -65.1 Dark Up 82.4 121.2 Up 09:03:51 - 09:33:51 3982
Beatty 09:18:44 -64.2 Dark Up 83.7 124.7 Up 09:03:44 - 09:33:44 3965
Indian Springs 09:18:39 -63.5 Dark Up 84.6 127.7 Up 09:03:39 - 09:33:39 3953
Henderson 09:18:36 -63.2 Dark Up 85.4 127.1 Up 09:03:36 - 09:33:36 3911
Patrick 09:18:31 -62.6 Dark Up 86.5 128.4 Up 09:03:31 - 09:33:31 3869
DCO 09:18:27 -62.2 Dark Up 87.1 131.0 Up 09:03:27 - 09:33:27 3854
Searchlight/Boulder City 09:18:35 -63.4 Dark Up 85.7 121.3 Up 09:03:35 - 09:33:35 3851
Kingman/Dolan Springs 09:18:30 -62.9 Dark Up 86.5 123.9 Up 09:03:30 - 09:33:30 3841
Laughlin/Bullhead City 09:18:32 -63.3 Dark Up 86.1 119.9 Up 09:03:32 - 09:33:32 3827
Mohave Valley 09:18:32 -63.4 Dark Up 86.2 116.3 Up 09:03:32 - 09:33:32 3797
Lake Havasu City 09:18:31 -63.3 Dark Up 86.6 111.9 Up 09:03:31 - 09:33:31 3760
George/Scottsdale 09:18:19 -61.6 Dark Up 88.7 115.7 Up 09:03:19 - 09:33:19 3738
Parker 09:18:30 -63.4 Dark Up 86.7 106.4 Up 09:03:30 - 09:33:30 3723
CPSLO 09:18:57 -67.7 Dark Up 81.5 101.7 Up 09:03:57 - 09:33:57 3716
Blythe 09:18:31 -63.8 Dark Up 86.6 96.5 Up 09:03:31 - 09:33:31 3660
Idyllwild 09:18:40 -65.4 Dark Up 84.9 94.7 Up 09:03:40 - 09:33:40 3624
Wildwood 09:18:48 -66.7 Dark Up 83.3 95.7 Up 09:03:48 - 09:33:48 3624
Calipatria 09:18:33 -64.7 Dark Up 85.8 88.1 Up 09:03:33 - 09:33:33 3585
Yuma 09:18:30 -64.1 Dark Up 86.5 81.1 Up 09:03:30 - 09:33:30 3560

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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 01VN71, (2020/12/07 09:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:18.0 +28:01:33  1.1 10.48  44
PPM 072472     07:08:13.2 +33:49:56  6.3  1.32  53
PPM 072350     07:01:42.9 +33:41:07  7.8  0.57  54
PPM 072373     07:03:19.7 +33:17:50  8.9  0.18  54
PPM 072363     07:02:38.2 +33:12:25 10.3  0.05  54
01VN71         07:02:46.9 +33:09:48 16.4        54
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/12/02 11:30:03 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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