RECON: TNO occultation with 10XE91

Event between 10XE91 and star GA0980:01276208 with event index number of 1027481

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/12/11 14:54:49 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:04:19.9 +08:05:30
Equinox of date position of star is 06:05:28.2 +08:05:21
Stellar brightness G=14.5, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 126 degrees from the moon. Moon is 13% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.7

TNO is 39.9 AU from the Sun and 38.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 120 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1528 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=276.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.3 sec chord
Diameter=113.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10XE91, (2020/12/11 14:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:18.4 +07:24:33  0.4  2.37 129
Bellatrix      05:26:15.3 +06:22:01  1.6  9.88 136
63 Ori         06:06:05.2 +05:25:01  6.4  2.68 126
PPM 149829     06:04:40.9 +08:35:14  8.0  0.53 127
PPM 149825     06:04:31.2 +08:11:14  8.8  0.26 127
PPM 149838     06:04:54.3 +08:05:02 10.2  0.14 127
10XE91         06:05:28.3 +08:05:21 14.5       126
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 10XE91, (2020/12/11 14:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  2.37 129
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6  9.88 136
63 Ori         06:04:58.1 +05:25:12  6.4  2.68 126
PPM 149829     06:03:32.3 +08:35:21  8.0  0.53 127
PPM 149825     06:03:22.7 +08:11:22  8.8  0.26 127
PPM 149838     06:03:45.9 +08:05:10 10.2  0.14 127
10XE91         06:04:19.9 +08:05:30 14.5       126
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/12/02 11:39:37 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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