RECON: TNO occultation with 342842

Event between (342842) 08YB3 and star GA1440:05816261 with event index number of 336780

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/12/26 14:49:46 UTC

J2000 position of star is 20:06:18.0 +54:43:21
Equinox of date position of star is 20:06:47.2 +54:46:50
Stellar brightness G=13.0, use SENSEUP=32
Star is 80 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.8

TNO is 12.9 AU from the Sun and 13.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 31.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 12.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 25 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 959 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.3
Diameter=83.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.6 sec chord
Diameter=34.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 342842, (2019/12/26 14:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:42:06.8 +45:21:09  1.3 10.98  74
PPM 038144     20:06:45.4 +53:13:32  6.2  1.56  79
PPM 038153     20:07:26.1 +54:42:42  8.3  0.12  80
342842         20:06:47.3 +54:46:51 13.0        80
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 342842, (2019/12/26 14:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:41:25.9 +45:16:49  1.3 10.98  74
PPM 038144     20:06:14.3 +53:10:02  6.2  1.56  79
PPM 038153     20:06:56.7 +54:39:11  8.3  0.12  80
342842         20:06:18.0 +54:43:21 13.0        80
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/11/26 22:20:28 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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