RECON: TNO occultation with 07TC434

Event between 07TC434 and star GA1100:00210256 with event index number of 1008373

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/11/22 20:08:56 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:53:31.5 +21:19:52
Equinox of date position of star is 01:54:38.7 +21:25:47
Stellar brightness G=14.9, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 57 degrees from the moon. Moon is 56% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=26.2

TNO is 41.8 AU from the Sun and 40.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 181 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4002 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=219.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.8 sec chord
Diameter=89.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 9:1EEEEEEEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 07TC434, (2020/11/22 20:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:07.3 +16:32:59  0.8 38.60  91
6Bet Ari       01:55:47.9 +20:54:34  2.6  0.58  57
1 Ari          01:51:18.2 +22:22:41  6.3  1.23  57
PPM 091140     01:52:18.7 +20:37:01  7.2  0.99  56
PPM 091168     01:54:36.8 +21:43:50  9.7  0.30  57
PPM 091169     01:54:53.4 +21:24:13 10.4  0.06  57
07TC434        01:54:41.0 +21:26:00 14.9        58
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 07TC434, (2020/11/22 20:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 38.60  91
6Bet Ari       01:54:38.5 +20:48:27  2.6  0.58  57
1 Ari          01:50:08.6 +22:16:30  6.3  1.23  57
PPM 091140     01:51:09.5 +20:30:51  7.2  0.99  56
PPM 091168     01:53:27.3 +21:37:42  9.7  0.30  57
PPM 091169     01:53:43.9 +21:18:05 10.4  0.06  57
07TC434        01:53:31.5 +21:19:52 14.9        57
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/03/09 22:29:54 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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