RECON: TNO occultation with 06HV122

Event between 06HV122 and star GA0640:07113293 with event index number of 271431

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/06/21 20:31:00 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:45:59.3 -25:46:30
Equinox of date position of star is 15:47:12.3 -25:50:12
Stellar brightness G=14.3, use SENSEUP=64
Star is 142 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=26.1

TNO is 40.3 AU from the Sun and 39.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 403 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5607 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=243.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.0 sec chord
Diameter=99.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 06HV122, (2020/06/21 20:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:40.0 -26:28:33  0.9  9.77 152
7Del Sco       16:01:32.9 -22:40:42  2.3  4.54 145
1 Sco          15:52:12.9 -25:48:44  4.4  1.12 143
PPM 264656     15:47:00.3 -25:33:30  7.6  0.28 142
06HV122        15:47:13.3 -25:50:15 14.3       142
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 06HV122, (2020/06/21 20:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  9.77 152
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:18  2.3  4.54 145
1 Sco          15:50:58.8 -25:45:06  4.4  1.12 143
PPM 264656     15:45:46.4 -25:29:44  7.6  0.28 142
06HV122        15:45:59.3 -25:46:30 14.3       142
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/03/09 21:22:59 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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