RECON: TNO occultation with 12HE85

Event between 12HE85 and star GA0700:32824466 with event index number of 287045

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/09/10 18:11:48 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:19:26.1 -19:39:35
Equinox of date position of star is 19:20:37.3 -19:37:17
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 154 degrees from the moon. Moon is 47% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=26.2

TNO is 40.3 AU from the Sun and 39.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 9.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 776 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2092 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=93.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.2 sec chord
Diameter=38.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 9:5EEEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 12HE85, (2020/09/10 18:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:40.8 -26:28:34  0.9 39.52 166
Nunki          18:56:32.8 -26:16:09  2.0  8.66 160
43 Sgr         19:18:50.6 -18:54:52  4.9  0.82 154
PPM 235844     19:21:12.1 -19:19:36  7.8  0.32 154
PPM 235816     19:20:01.9 -19:41:04  8.9  0.16 154
12HE85         19:20:39.0 -19:37:14 16.2       154
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 12HE85, (2020/09/10 18:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 39.52 166
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0  8.66 160
43 Sgr         19:17:38.1 -18:57:11  4.9  0.82 154
PPM 235844     19:19:59.3 -19:21:59  7.8  0.32 154
PPM 235816     19:18:49.0 -19:43:25  8.9  0.16 154
12HE85         19:19:26.1 -19:39:35 16.2       154
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/03/10 22:03:14 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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