RECON: TNO occultation with 60558

Event between (60558) Echeclus and star GA1080:00707908 with event index number of 251879

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/03/08 21:44:45 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:51:18.8 +18:09:03
Equinox of date position of star is 04:52:29.2 +18:11:01
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 84 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.2

TNO is 9.5 AU from the Sun and 9.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 11.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 31 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 347 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=75.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.1 sec chord
Diameter=31.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 60558, (2020/03/08 21:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:04.9 +16:32:54  0.8  4.02  88
Alnath         05:27:34.2 +28:37:21  1.6 13.17  74
97 Tau         04:52:33.5 +18:52:21  5.1  0.69  83
PPM 120283     04:49:53.2 +18:44:29  7.8  0.83  84
PPM 120321     04:51:57.2 +18:21:25  9.8  0.22  84
60558          04:52:29.3 +18:11:01 16.1        83
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 60558, (2020/03/08 21:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8  4.02  88
Alnath         05:26:17.5 +28:36:23  1.6 13.17  74
97 Tau         04:51:22.6 +18:50:23  5.1  0.69  83
PPM 120283     04:48:42.4 +18:42:26  7.8  0.83  84
PPM 120321     04:50:46.6 +18:19:26  9.8  0.22  84
60558          04:51:18.8 +18:09:03 16.1        84
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/02/24 21:26:47 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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