RECON: TNO occultation with 13PW74

Event between 13PW74 and star GA0860:16978659 with event index number of 1668181

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/08/24 13:11:44 UTC

J2000 position of star is 23:34:44.2 -03:24:39
Equinox of date position of star is 23:35:46.5 -03:17:57
Stellar brightness G=15.6, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 127 degrees from the moon. Moon is 37% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=25.6

TNO is 35.9 AU from the Sun and 34.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 59 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1385 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=209.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.6 sec chord
Diameter=85.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13PW74, (2020/08/24 13:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:47.2 -29:30:45  1.2 27.65 108
Markab         23:05:47.5 +15:19:00  2.5 20.04 124
PPM 207611     23:30:36.1 -04:25:12  6.3  1.72 125
PPM 207720     23:36:18.4 -03:44:22  7.6  0.46 127
PPM 207708     23:35:40.2 -03:17:30  9.8  0.03 127
13PW74         23:35:47.9 -03:17:48 15.6       127
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 13PW74, (2020/08/24 13:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:23  1.2 27.65 108
Markab         23:04:45.8 +15:12:18  2.5 20.04 124
PPM 207611     23:29:32.3 -04:32:03  6.3  1.72 125
PPM 207720     23:35:14.7 -03:51:13  7.6  0.46 127
PPM 207708     23:34:36.6 -03:24:22  9.8  0.03 127
13PW74         23:34:44.2 -03:24:39 15.6       127
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/03/10 21:54:49 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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