RECON: TNO occultation with 07LJ38

Event between 07LJ38 and star GA0920:05897342 with event index number of 257517

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/04/22 14:29:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:57:11.1 +02:05:35
Equinox of date position of star is 17:58:10.4 +02:05:31
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 117 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.3

TNO is 38.5 AU from the Sun and 38.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 13.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 280 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3183 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=206.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 15.1 sec chord
Diameter=84.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 07LJ38, (2020/04/22 14:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:39.4 -26:28:31  0.9 35.53 137
60Bet Oph      17:44:28.6 +04:33:37  2.8  4.22 120
PPM 164858     17:57:20.5 +00:40:08  5.7  1.44 118
PPM 164835     17:56:39.0 +02:04:23  7.4  0.39 118
PPM 164882     17:58:08.8 +02:11:08 10.2  0.10 117
07LJ38         17:58:12.6 +02:05:31 15.9       117
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 07LJ38, (2020/04/22 14:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 35.53 137
60Bet Oph      17:43:28.3 +04:34:05  2.8  4.22 120
PPM 164858     17:56:18.3 +00:40:14  5.7  1.44 118
PPM 164835     17:55:37.5 +02:04:30  7.4  0.39 118
PPM 164882     17:57:07.3 +02:11:13 10.2  0.10 117
07LJ38         17:57:11.1 +02:05:35 15.9       117
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/08/03 22:19:45 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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