RECON: TNO occultation with 328884

Event between (328884) 10LJ109 and star GA0440:29917918 with event index number of 337523

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/05/30 12:16:00 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:16:20.0 -45:43:59
Equinox of date position of star is 19:17:43.6 -45:41:53
Stellar brightness G=15.2, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 94 degrees from the moon. Moon is 16% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.4

TNO is 13.1 AU from the Sun and 12.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 7.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 331 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5036 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.1
Diameter=57.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.2 sec chord
Diameter=23.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 328884, (2019/05/30 12:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:36.0 -26:28:24  0.9 38.26 131
38Zet Sgr      19:03:50.7 -29:51:03  2.7 16.08  97
PPM 324935     19:17:46.3 -45:25:49  5.2  0.27  94
PPM 324973     19:19:25.7 -45:35:17  7.4  0.31  94
PPM 324928     19:17:23.6 -45:54:50  9.6  0.23  94
328884         19:17:44.8 -45:41:51 15.2        94
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 328884, (2019/05/30 12:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 38.26 131
38Zet Sgr      19:02:36.7 -29:52:49  2.7 16.08  97
PPM 324935     19:16:21.8 -45:27:57  5.2  0.27  94
PPM 324973     19:18:01.0 -45:37:28  7.4  0.31  94
PPM 324928     19:15:58.6 -45:56:57  9.6  0.23  94
328884         19:16:20.0 -45:43:59 15.2        94
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/02/12 08:13:52 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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