RECON: TNO occultation with 04HA79

Event between 04HA79 and star GA0820:04614665 with event index number of 271043

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/06/22 13:10:30 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:56:02.4 -07:29:08
Equinox of date position of star is 14:57:06.9 -07:33:59
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 116 degrees from the moon. Moon is 2% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=26.3

TNO is 42.2 AU from the Sun and 41.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 261 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1834 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=196.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.8 sec chord
Diameter=80.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E+6:4II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 04HA79, (2020/06/22 13:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:16.5 -11:16:03  1.0 22.70  97
27Bet Lib      15:18:06.7 -09:27:26  2.6  5.52 122
19Del Lib      15:02:04.2 -08:35:57  4.9  1.60 118
PPM 198043     14:56:19.3 -07:22:30  8.1  0.28 116
PPM 198061     14:57:14.4 -07:27:13  9.5  0.12 116
04HA79         14:57:07.8 -07:34:03 16.4       116
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 04HA79, (2020/06/22 13:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 22.70  97
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  5.52 122
19Del Lib      15:00:58.3 -08:31:08  4.9  1.60 118
PPM 198043     14:55:13.9 -07:17:35  8.1  0.28 116
PPM 198061     14:56:09.0 -07:22:19  9.5  0.12 116
04HA79         14:56:02.4 -07:29:08 16.4       116
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/03/08 20:39:05 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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