RECON: TNO occultation with 530839

Event between (530839) 11UK411 and star GA1040:00275888 with event index number of 1599032

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/02/14 23:30:34 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:53:36.8 +14:40:27
Equinox of date position of star is 02:54:41.5 +14:45:10
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 177 degrees from the moon. Moon is 61% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.3

TNO is 32.9 AU from the Sun and 33.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 10.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 167 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1408 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=251.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 23.9 sec chord
Diameter=102.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:3EE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 530839, (2020/02/14 23:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:04.7 +16:32:53  0.8 24.69 154
Menkar         03:03:20.0 +04:10:03  2.5 10.80 172
43Sig Ari      02:52:36.5 +15:09:50  5.5  0.65 177
PPM 118624     02:53:31.1 +14:45:48  8.3  0.29 177
PPM 118641     02:54:45.2 +14:45:05  9.0  0.01 177
530839         02:54:43.6 +14:45:19 15.9       177
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 530839, (2020/02/14 23:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 24.69 154
Menkar         03:02:16.8 +04:05:21  2.5 10.80 172
43Sig Ari      02:51:29.6 +15:04:55  5.5  0.65 177
PPM 118624     02:52:24.4 +14:40:54  8.3  0.29 177
PPM 118641     02:53:38.5 +14:40:12  9.0  0.01 177
530839         02:53:36.8 +14:40:27 15.9       177
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/07/02 02:29:05 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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