RECON: TNO occultation with 03WA191

Event between 03WA191 and star GA1080:01930187 with event index number of 243379

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/01/31 16:21:01 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:22:51.7 +18:43:59
Equinox of date position of star is 06:24:00.2 +18:43:19
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 69 degrees from the moon. Moon is 37% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.5

TNO is 32.3 AU from the Sun and 31.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1883 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2859 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.3
Diameter=133.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.9 sec chord
Diameter=54.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 03WA191, (2020/01/31 16:21UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:15.6 +07:24:33  0.4 13.17  63
Alhena         06:38:52.3 +16:22:50  1.9  4.24  73
PPM 122270     06:20:11.9 +17:18:56  6.1  1.68  68
PPM 122361     06:23:40.5 +18:48:48  8.5  0.13  69
03WA191        06:24:02.5 +18:43:18 16.1        69
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 03WA191, (2020/01/31 16:21UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 13.17  63
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9  4.24  73
PPM 122270     06:19:01.8 +17:19:31  6.1  1.68  68
PPM 122361     06:22:29.6 +18:49:29  8.5  0.13  69
03WA191        06:22:51.7 +18:43:59 16.1        69
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 23:13:12 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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