RECON: TNO occultation with 12UP177

Event between 12UP177 and star GA1180:00357210 with event index number of 314166

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/09/08 23:36:14 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:30:50.1 +29:46:15
Equinox of date position of star is 02:31:58.9 +29:51:23
Stellar brightness G=12.9, use SENSEUP=32
Star is 115 degrees from the moon. Moon is 77% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.3

TNO is 40.6 AU from the Sun and 40.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 12.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 716 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2356 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.1
Diameter=143.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.9 sec chord
Diameter=58.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 12UP177, (2019/09/08 23:36UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:03.2 +16:32:50  0.8 31.52 140
Hamal          02:08:17.3 +23:33:17  2.0  8.23 108
13 Tri         02:29:58.1 +30:01:09  6.5  0.47 115
PPM 091712     02:29:55.6 +29:46:27  8.0  0.46 115
PPM 091751     02:32:28.9 +30:00:25 10.0  0.18 115
12UP177        02:31:59.8 +29:51:27 12.9       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 12UP177, (2019/09/08 23:36UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 31.52 140
Hamal          02:07:10.7 +23:27:42  2.0  8.23 108
13 Tri         02:28:48.4 +29:55:56  6.5  0.47 115
PPM 091712     02:28:45.9 +29:41:13  8.0  0.46 115
PPM 091751     02:31:19.0 +29:55:14 10.0  0.18 115
12UP177        02:30:50.1 +29:46:15 12.9       115
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 22:38:46 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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