RECON: TNO occultation with 516977

Event between (516977) 12HZ84 and star GA0700:32486293 with event index number of 267078

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/10/31 10:40:09 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:13:13.3 -19:31:29
Equinox of date position of star is 19:14:21.7 -19:29:26
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 26 degrees from the moon. Moon is 14% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=25.1

TNO is 40.0 AU from the Sun and 40.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 566 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2538 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.9
Diameter=100.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.3 sec chord
Diameter=40.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 516977, (2019/10/31 10:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:37.6 -26:28:28  0.9 38.17  13
Nunki          18:56:29.6 -26:16:13  2.0  7.93  22
PPM 235581     19:10:58.3 -19:46:15  6.4  0.85  25
PPM 235649     19:13:53.7 -19:12:06  8.5  0.31  26
PPM 235661     19:14:14.5 -19:27:09  9.1  0.05  26
516977         19:14:23.1 -19:29:23 16.6        26
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 516977, (2019/10/31 10:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 38.17  13
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0  7.93  22
PPM 235581     19:09:48.2 -19:48:15  6.4  0.85  25
PPM 235649     19:12:44.0 -19:14:11  8.5  0.31  26
PPM 235661     19:13:04.6 -19:29:14  9.1  0.05  26
516977         19:13:13.3 -19:31:29 16.6        26
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 22:50:01 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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