RECON: TNO occultation with 13UE15

Event between 13UE15 and star GA1180:01402191 with event index number of 219097

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/10/10 19:06:46 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:22:34.5 +28:49:45
Equinox of date position of star is 05:23:48.4 +28:50:47
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 99 degrees from the moon. Moon is 91% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.3

TNO is 22.7 AU from the Sun and 22.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 6.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 288 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 879 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.5
Diameter=119.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.9 sec chord
Diameter=48.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13UE15, (2019/10/10 19:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:03.5 +16:32:51  0.8 16.34  86
Alnath         05:27:32.6 +28:37:20  1.6  0.84 100
22 Aur         05:24:38.1 +28:57:12  6.4  0.21  99
PPM 094318     05:24:04.6 +28:45:49  9.2  0.10  99
13UE15         05:23:49.7 +28:50:48 16.5        99
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 13UE15, (2019/10/10 19:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 16.34  86
Alnath         05:26:17.5 +28:36:23  1.6  0.84 100
22 Aur         05:23:22.9 +28:56:10  6.4  0.21  99
PPM 094318     05:22:49.4 +28:44:46  9.2  0.10  99
13UE15         05:22:34.5 +28:49:45 16.5        99
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 22:44:34 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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