RECON: TNO occultation with 04KK19

Event between 04KK19 and star GA0680:07371574 with event index number of 1451075

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/09/13 18:30:01 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:40:27.1 -21:02:23
Equinox of date position of star is 16:41:35.6 -21:04:33
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 174 degrees from the moon. Moon is 58% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.4

TNO is 47.7 AU from the Sun and 47.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 9.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 4722 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5720 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.5
Diameter=194.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 20.9 sec chord
Diameter=79.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 04KK19, (2025/09/13 18:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:59.3 -26:29:12  0.9  5.95 177
23Tau Sco      16:37:29.2 -28:16:01  2.8  7.25 179
PPM 232040     16:43:24.5 -19:58:18  5.8  1.17 172
PPM 265879     16:45:50.2 -22:34:11  7.9  1.73 175
PPM 265806     16:43:18.7 -21:15:22  9.6  0.35 174
04KK19         16:41:58.6 -21:05:17 16.8       174
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 04KK19, (2025/09/13 18:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  5.95 177
23Tau Sco      16:35:53.0 -28:12:58  2.8  7.25 179
PPM 232040     16:41:53.7 -19:55:27  5.8  1.17 172
PPM 265879     16:44:17.7 -22:31:25  7.9  1.73 175
PPM 265806     16:41:47.1 -21:12:32  9.6  0.35 174
04KK19         16:40:27.1 -21:02:23 16.8       174
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/03/23 22:31:34 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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