RECON: TNO occultation with 13NL24

Event between 13NL24 and star GA0800:21789907 with event index number of 357246

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/05/02 02:44:58 UTC

J2000 position of star is 22:48:20.5 -09:37:35
Equinox of date position of star is 22:49:24.0 -09:31:09
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 168 degrees from the moon. Moon is 64% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.5

TNO is 26.9 AU from the Sun and 27.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 20.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 111 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1532 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=136.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.9 sec chord
Diameter=55.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13NL24, (2020/05/02 02:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:46.2 -29:30:51  1.2 20.12 162
70 Aqr         22:49:34.3 -10:26:51  6.2  0.93 169
PPM 206751     22:47:23.2 -09:35:30  8.5  0.50 169
PPM 206798     22:49:31.5 -09:24:51  9.7  0.11 168
13NL24         22:49:24.4 -09:31:07 16.3       168
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 13NL24, (2020/05/02 02:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:23  1.2 20.12 162
70 Aqr         22:48:30.3 -10:33:20  6.2  0.93 169
PPM 206751     22:46:19.2 -09:41:57  8.5  0.50 169
PPM 206798     22:48:27.6 -09:31:20  9.7  0.11 168
13NL24         22:48:20.5 -09:37:35 16.3       168
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/03/10 21:22:33 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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