RECON: TNO occultation with 532093

Event between (532093) 13HV156 and star GA0840:05166417 with event index number of 1603750

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/08/14 11:25:46 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:45:49.4 -04:03:31
Equinox of date position of star is 16:46:54.2 -04:05:41
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 158 degrees from the moon. Moon is 24% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=26.9

TNO is 47.4 AU from the Sun and 47.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 9.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 188 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2200 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=549.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.1 sec chord
Diameter=224.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 532093, (2020/08/14 11:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:40.5 -26:28:34  0.9 22.72 165
13Zet Oph      16:38:17.8 -10:36:26  2.6  6.85 162
12 Oph         16:37:26.5 -02:22:02  5.8  2.93 155
PPM 199966     16:46:28.9 -04:04:34  8.5  0.11 158
PPM 199974     16:47:06.7 -04:07:30  9.9  0.06 158
532093         16:46:54.6 -04:05:42 16.0       158
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 532093, (2020/08/14 11:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 22.72 165
13Zet Oph      16:37:09.6 -10:34:01  2.6  6.85 162
12 Oph         16:36:22.1 -02:19:35  5.8  2.93 155
PPM 199966     16:45:23.6 -04:02:23  8.5  0.11 158
PPM 199974     16:46:01.4 -04:05:19  9.9  0.06 158
532093         16:45:49.4 -04:03:31 16.0       158
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/06/25 21:47:31 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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