RECON: TNO occultation with 12UV177

Event between 12UV177 and star GA1200:00509751 with event index number of 1535029

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/09/21 00:06:01 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:03:36.8 +30:27:40
Equinox of date position of star is 03:04:50.4 +30:32:21
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 164 degrees from the moon. Moon is 18% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.7

TNO is 28.9 AU from the Sun and 28.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 13.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 491 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1110 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=84.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.6 sec chord
Diameter=34.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 1:1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 12UV177, (2020/09/21 00:06UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:06.7 +16:32:58  0.8 25.26 158
Algol          03:09:31.5 +41:02:03  2.1 10.54 153
55 Ari         03:10:51.9 +29:09:18  5.7  1.90 165
PPM 068105     03:08:07.6 +30:36:21  7.3  0.70 164
PPM 068052     03:04:57.5 +30:35:26  9.8  0.05 164
12UV177        03:04:52.3 +30:32:28 16.6       164
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 12UV177, (2020/09/21 00:06UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 25.26 158
Algol          03:08:10.1 +40:57:20  2.1 10.54 153
55 Ari         03:09:36.8 +29:04:37  5.7  1.90 165
PPM 068105     03:06:51.9 +30:31:37  7.3  0.70 164
PPM 068052     03:03:42.0 +30:30:38  9.8  0.05 164
12UV177        03:03:36.8 +30:27:40 16.6       164
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/03/10 22:09:33 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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