RECON: TNO occultation with 05SD278

Event between 05SD278 and star GA0920:00402419 with event index number of 1054314

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/09/29 20:02:15 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:20:46.1 +03:08:25
Equinox of date position of star is 04:21:46.6 +03:11:07
Stellar brightness G=14.2, use SENSEUP=64
Star is 137 degrees from the moon. Moon is 2% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9

TNO is 43.5 AU from the Sun and 43.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 13.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 229 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2990 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.4
Diameter=319.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 23.2 sec chord
Diameter=130.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 05SD278, (2019/09/29 20:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:03.4 +16:32:51  0.8 13.88 132
67Bet Eri      05:08:49.3 -05:03:44  2.8 14.35 124
PPM 147584     04:29:33.5 +01:25:23  5.5  2.62 135
PPM 147431     04:20:40.5 +03:02:18  8.4  0.32 137
PPM 147451     04:21:57.6 +02:58:29  9.9  0.22 137
05SD278        04:21:48.2 +03:11:11 14.2       136
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 05SD278, (2019/09/29 20:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 13.88 132
67Bet Eri      05:07:50.9 -05:05:13  2.8 14.35 124
PPM 147584     04:28:32.1 +01:22:50  5.5  2.62 135
PPM 147431     04:19:38.5 +02:59:31  8.4  0.32 137
PPM 147451     04:20:55.6 +02:55:44  9.9  0.22 137
05SD278        04:20:46.1 +03:08:25 14.2       137
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/03/29 21:50:16 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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