RECON: TNO occultation with 11UY411

Event between 11UY411 and star GA1060:00264981 with event index number of 363412

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/10/22 16:05:29 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:41:36.7 +17:44:20
Equinox of date position of star is 02:42:44.4 +17:49:28
Stellar brightness G=12.2, use SENSEUP=16
Star is 115 degrees from the moon. Moon is 41% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=26.3

TNO is 42.7 AU from the Sun and 41.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 433 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4010 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=163.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.5 sec chord
Diameter=66.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 11UY411, (2020/10/22 16:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:07.0 +16:32:58  0.8 27.31 140
Hamal          02:08:21.1 +23:33:36  2.0  9.88 109
36 Ari         02:45:29.1 +17:51:03  6.4  0.65 115
PPM 118466     02:43:12.2 +17:50:41  8.3  0.10 115
11UY411        02:42:46.5 +17:49:37 12.2       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 11UY411, (2020/10/22 16:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 27.31 140
Hamal          02:07:10.7 +23:27:42  2.0  9.88 109
36 Ari         02:44:19.2 +17:45:49  6.4  0.65 115
PPM 118466     02:42:02.4 +17:45:24  8.3  0.10 115
11UY411        02:41:36.7 +17:44:20 12.2       115
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/03/10 22:15:09 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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