RECON: TNO occultation with 13XD26

Event between 13XD26 and star UC4-424-055662 with event index number of 327795

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/03/16 22:13:07 UTC

J2000 position of star is 11:54:54.6 -05:17:07
Equinox of date position of star is 11:55:56.7 -05:23:52
Stellar brightness R=13.3, use SENSEUP=32
Star is 92 degrees from the moon. Moon is 45% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=25.5

TNO is 36.1 AU from the Sun and 35.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 25.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 104 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3073 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=229.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.4 sec chord
Diameter=93.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13XD26, (2020/03/16 22:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:15.6 -11:15:58  1.0 23.09  69
4Gam Crv       12:16:50.9 -17:39:15  2.6 13.28  83
PPM 194890     11:52:04.3 -05:26:45  5.6  0.97  93
PPM 194969     11:56:28.5 -05:14:50  7.6  0.20  92
PPM 194952     11:55:37.7 -05:32:32  9.6  0.16  92
13XD26         11:55:56.7 -05:23:52 13.3        92
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 13XD26, (2020/03/16 22:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 23.09  69
4Gam Crv       12:15:48.1 -17:32:31  2.6 13.28  83
PPM 194890     11:51:02.2 -05:20:00  5.6  0.97  93
PPM 194969     11:55:26.4 -05:08:05  7.6  0.20  92
PPM 194952     11:54:35.6 -05:25:47  9.6  0.16  92
13XD26         11:54:54.6 -05:17:07 13.3        92
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/03/11 20:30:23 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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