RECON: TNO occultation with 10MR116

Event between 10MR116 and star GA1120:00178126 with event index number of 361902

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/10/12 22:46:17 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:30:02.2 +22:49:50
Equinox of date position of star is 01:31:08.7 +22:56:04
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 115 degrees from the moon. Moon is 21% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=26.2

TNO is 41.3 AU from the Sun and 40.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 107 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2346 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=275.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.5 sec chord
Diameter=112.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10MR116, (2020/10/12 22:46UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:06.9 +16:32:58  0.8 44.04  77
6Bet Ari       01:55:47.5 +20:54:32  2.6  6.06 111
PPM 090772     01:26:44.1 +23:37:09  6.5  1.23 116
PPM 090831     01:30:49.6 +22:55:58  7.0  0.08 115
10MR116        01:31:10.6 +22:56:15 16.7       115
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 10MR116, (2020/10/12 22:46UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 44.04  77
6Bet Ari       01:54:38.5 +20:48:27  2.6  6.06 111
PPM 090772     01:25:35.7 +23:30:41  6.5  1.23 116
PPM 090831     01:29:41.2 +22:49:33  7.0  0.08 115
10MR116        01:30:02.2 +22:49:50 16.7       115
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/03/09 22:12:13 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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