RECON: TNO occultation with 496315

Event between (496315) 13GP136 and star GA0800:04578347 with event index number of 211152

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/08/29 16:59:11 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:39:58.3 -08:17:13
Equinox of date position of star is 14:40:59.3 -08:22:05
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 74 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.1

TNO is 43.5 AU from the Sun and 43.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 287 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2650 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=288.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.1 sec chord
Diameter=117.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 496315, (2019/08/29 16:59UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:13.9 -11:15:48  1.0 18.64  58
27Bet Lib      15:18:04.1 -09:27:15  2.6  9.21  83
107Mu Vir      14:44:05.9 -05:44:33  3.9  2.74  74
PPM 197859     14:45:16.4 -08:20:02  6.9  1.05  75
PPM 197794     14:41:40.2 -08:14:57  9.6  0.20  74
496315         14:41:01.2 -08:22:14 16.8        75
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 496315, (2019/08/29 16:59UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 18.64  58
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  9.21  83
107Mu Vir      14:43:03.8 -05:39:36  3.9  2.74  74
PPM 197859     14:44:13.4 -08:15:06  6.9  1.05  75
PPM 197794     14:40:37.3 -08:09:57  9.6  0.20  74
496315         14:39:58.3 -08:17:13 16.8        74
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/01/28 21:40:56 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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