RECON: TNO occultation with 04HN79

Event between 04HN79 and star GA0660:06518392 with event index number of 250557

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/03/12 22:14:38 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:27:21.5 -23:15:24
Equinox of date position of star is 15:28:29.7 -23:19:22
Stellar brightness G=14.0, use SENSEUP=64
Star is 19 degrees from the moon. Moon is 85% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.7

TNO is 35.6 AU from the Sun and 35.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 8.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 817 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4064 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=228.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 27.1 sec chord
Diameter=93.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 04HN79, (2020/03/12 22:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:38.9 -26:28:30  0.9 14.42  33
7Del Sco       16:01:31.9 -22:40:39  2.3  7.62  25
PPM 264469     15:38:59.5 -23:12:26  5.8  2.40  21
PPM 264214     15:26:05.1 -23:25:47  8.4  0.57  19
PPM 264255     15:27:58.4 -23:18:48  9.6  0.13  19
04HN79         15:28:32.8 -23:19:33 14.0        20
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 04HN79, (2020/03/12 22:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 14.42  33
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:18  2.3  7.62  25
PPM 264469     15:37:48.0 -23:08:32  5.8  2.40  21
PPM 264214     15:24:53.9 -23:21:35  8.4  0.57  19
PPM 264255     15:26:47.2 -23:14:38  9.6  0.13  19
04HN79         15:27:21.5 -23:15:24 14.0        19
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/04/25 23:24:51 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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