RECON: TNO occultation with 13UT17

Event between 13UT17 and star GA0960:00123075 with event index number of 246390

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/02/11 05:41:11 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:24:55.1 +07:34:05
Equinox of date position of star is 01:25:56.2 +07:40:08
Stellar brightness G=13.8, use SENSEUP=64
Star is 146 degrees from the moon. Moon is 94% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.3

TNO is 43.8 AU from the Sun and 44.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 159 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2352 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.7
Diameter=172.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.1 sec chord
Diameter=70.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13UT17, (2020/02/11 05:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
6Bet Ari       01:55:45.3 +20:54:20  2.6 15.06 133
PPM 144653     01:30:06.2 +07:23:51  6.4  1.06 145
PPM 144532     01:24:00.0 +07:31:30  8.0  0.51 147
PPM 144561     01:25:04.5 +07:30:06  9.9  0.28 146
PPM 144584     01:26:03.5 +07:50:44 10.9  0.17 146
13UT17         01:25:58.3 +07:40:21 13.8       146
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 13UT17, (2020/02/11 05:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
6Bet Ari       01:54:38.5 +20:48:27  2.6 15.06 133
PPM 144653     01:29:03.1 +07:17:38  6.4  1.06 145
PPM 144532     01:22:56.9 +07:25:14  8.0  0.51 147
PPM 144561     01:24:01.4 +07:23:50  9.9  0.28 146
PPM 144584     01:25:00.3 +07:44:28 10.9  0.17 146
13UT17         01:24:55.1 +07:34:05 13.8       146
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 23:15:32 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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