RECON: TNO occultation with 99RW215

Event between 99RW215 and star GA1120:00563363 with event index number of 1223645

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/11/29 06:42:23 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:07:09.6 +22:36:39
Equinox of date position of star is 04:08:18.1 +22:39:41
Stellar brightness G=15.8, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 105 degrees from the moon. Moon is 35% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.7

[RECON map]
TNO is 30.8 AU from the Sun and 29.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 675 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4834 km.
The sky-plane scale is 21648.4 km/arcsec.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.9
Diameter=156.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.4 sec chord
Diameter=63.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 4:3E
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 99RW215, (2022/11/29 06:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:14.3 +16:33:13  0.8  9.12 109
44Zet Per      03:55:34.7 +31:56:59  2.8  9.71 104
PPM 093337     04:14:13.1 +22:28:13  6.1  1.33 106
39 Tau         04:06:41.8 +22:04:08  6.7  0.73 104
PPM 093240     04:07:02.4 +22:51:50  9.8  0.39 104
PPM 093250     04:07:39.8 +22:53:53 10.5  0.30 104
99RW215        04:08:31.3 +22:40:15 15.8       105
Positions are for equinox of date

This table contains the target star visibility for the RECON network. The observing range has been set to a maximum of 1.3 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 20.6 km RECON observability=1.0 and success probability=8.8%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Kelowna 06:42:32 -59.0 Dark Down 61.0 155.8 Up 06:27:32 - 06:57:32 5010
Summerland 06:42:33 -59.1 Dark Down 61.2 155.1 Up 06:27:33 - 06:57:33 4989
Penticton 06:42:33 -59.2 Dark Down 61.3 155.3 Up 06:27:33 - 06:57:33 4981
Okanagan Falls 06:42:33 -59.4 Dark Down 61.5 155.1 Up 06:27:33 - 06:57:33 4964
Oliver 06:42:34 -59.5 Dark Down 61.6 155.0 Up 06:27:34 - 06:57:34 4948
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 06:42:34 -59.7 Dark Down 61.8 155.2 Up 06:27:34 - 06:57:34 4928
Oroville 06:42:33 -59.8 Dark Down 61.9 155.0 Up 06:27:33 - 06:57:33 4923
Tonasket 06:42:34 -60.0 Dark Down 62.1 154.8 Up 06:27:34 - 06:57:34 4901
Okanogan 06:42:35 -60.2 Dark Down 62.4 154.3 Up 06:27:35 - 06:57:35 4874
Brewster 06:42:36 -60.4 Dark Down 62.6 153.7 Up 06:27:36 - 06:57:36 4853
Manson/Chelan 06:42:37 -60.4 Dark Down 62.6 152.8 Up 06:27:37 - 06:57:37 4842
Entiat 06:42:38 -60.6 Dark Down 62.8 152.5 Up 06:27:38 - 06:57:38 4823
Wenatchee 06:42:38 -60.8 Dark Down 63.0 152.1 Up 06:27:38 - 06:57:38 4802
Ellensburg 06:42:40 -61.0 Dark Down 63.3 151.3 Up 06:27:40 - 06:57:40 4768
Yakima 06:42:40 -61.4 Dark Down 63.6 150.9 Up 06:27:40 - 06:57:40 4731
Toppenish/White Swan 06:42:40 -61.6 Dark Down 63.9 151.0 Up 06:27:40 - 06:57:40 4706
Pasco 06:42:37 -62.2 Dark Down 64.4 153.4 Up 06:27:37 - 06:57:37 4665
Goldendale 06:42:43 -61.9 Dark Down 64.2 149.6 Up 06:27:43 - 06:57:43 4665
The Dalles 06:42:44 -61.9 Dark Down 64.3 148.6 Up 06:27:44 - 06:57:44 4652
George/Umatilla 06:42:38 -62.4 Dark Down 64.6 152.6 Up 06:27:38 - 06:57:38 4638
PNWRO 06:42:37 -62.5 Dark Down 64.7 153.6 Up 06:27:37 - 06:57:37 4636
Maupin 06:42:44 -62.3 Dark Down 64.7 148.4 Up 06:27:44 - 06:57:44 4610
Madras/Culver 06:42:46 -62.7 Dark Down 65.1 147.7 Up 06:27:46 - 06:57:46 4559
Sisters 06:42:47 -62.8 Dark Down 65.2 146.4 Up 06:27:47 - 06:57:47 4539
Redmond 06:42:47 -63.0 Dark Down 65.4 147.2 Up 06:27:47 - 06:57:47 4526
Bend 06:42:47 -63.1 Dark Down 65.5 146.7 Up 06:27:47 - 06:57:47 4509
Oregon Observatory 06:42:48 -63.2 Dark Down 65.6 146.2 Up 06:27:48 - 06:57:48 4496
La Pine/Gilchrist 06:42:48 -63.3 Dark Down 65.8 145.8 Up 06:27:48 - 06:57:48 4478
North Lake 06:42:48 -63.9 Dark Down 66.4 146.5 Up 06:27:48 - 06:57:48 4421
Chiloquin 06:42:51 -64.0 Dark Down 66.5 143.7 Up 06:27:51 - 06:57:51 4380
Paisley 06:42:47 -64.5 Dark Down 67.0 146.5 Up 06:27:47 - 06:57:47 4359
Klamath Falls 06:42:52 -64.3 Dark Down 66.9 143.4 Up 06:27:52 - 06:57:52 4345
Tulelake 06:42:51 -64.6 Dark Down 67.2 143.6 Up 06:27:51 - 06:57:51 4311
Lakeview 06:42:47 -65.0 Dark Down 67.5 146.3 Up 06:27:47 - 06:57:47 4305
Cedarville 06:42:48 -65.6 Dark Down 68.1 145.8 Up 06:27:48 - 06:57:48 4236
Fall River/Burney 06:42:53 -65.4 Dark Down 68.0 142.5 Up 06:27:53 - 06:57:53 4221
Susanville 06:42:51 -66.2 Dark Down 68.8 143.1 Up 06:27:51 - 06:57:51 4139
Greenville 06:42:53 -66.3 Dark Down 68.9 142.0 Up 06:27:53 - 06:57:53 4120
Gimple 06:42:53 -66.3 Dark Down 68.9 142.2 Up 06:27:53 - 06:57:53 4118
Quincy 06:42:53 -66.4 Dark Down 69.1 141.7 Up 06:27:53 - 06:57:53 4100
Portola 06:42:51 -66.7 Dark Down 69.4 142.6 Up 06:27:51 - 06:57:51 4075
Reno 06:42:50 -67.3 Dark Down 69.9 143.6 Up 06:27:50 - 06:57:50 4031
Carson City 06:42:50 -67.6 Dark Down 70.2 143.1 Up 06:27:50 - 06:57:50 3995
Gardnerville 06:42:51 -67.8 Dark Down 70.4 142.8 Up 06:27:51 - 06:57:51 3970
Yerington 06:42:48 -68.0 Dark Down 70.6 144.3 Up 06:27:48 - 06:57:48 3959
Hawthorne 06:42:48 -68.6 Dark Down 71.3 144.8 Up 06:27:48 - 06:57:48 3899
Lee Vining 06:42:50 -68.8 Dark Down 71.5 142.6 Up 06:27:50 - 06:57:50 3855
Tonopah 06:42:44 -69.7 Dark Down 72.3 147.6 Up 06:27:44 - 06:57:44 3815
Bishop 06:42:49 -69.6 Dark Down 72.3 143.3 Up 06:27:49 - 06:57:49 3776
Niwot 06:42:00 -71.3 Dark Down 72.4 185.2 Up 06:27:00 - 06:57:00 3759
SwRI 06:42:01 -71.4 Dark Down 72.6 184.9 Up 06:27:01 - 06:57:01 3750
Lone Pine 06:42:48 -70.4 Dark Down 73.1 142.7 Up 06:27:48 - 06:57:48 3690
Beatty 06:42:44 -70.8 Dark Down 73.4 146.9 Up 06:27:44 - 06:57:44 3686
CPSLO 06:43:00 -69.7 Dark Down 72.7 133.4 Up 06:28:00 - 06:58:00 3629
Indian Springs 06:42:40 -71.6 Dark Down 74.2 149.4 Up 06:27:40 - 06:57:40 3625
Henderson 06:42:39 -72.4 Dark Down 74.9 150.6 Up 06:27:39 - 06:57:39 3553
Searchlight/Boulder City 06:42:39 -72.9 Dark Down 75.4 149.7 Up 06:27:39 - 06:57:39 3493
Patrick 06:42:36 -73.4 Dark Down 75.9 153.1 Up 06:27:36 - 06:57:36 3461
Laughlin/Bullhead City 06:42:39 -73.3 Dark Down 75.8 150.3 Up 06:27:39 - 06:57:39 3453
Wildwood 06:42:54 -71.8 Dark Down 74.7 135.6 Up 06:27:54 - 06:57:54 3448
Kingman/Dolan Springs 06:42:37 -73.5 Dark Down 76.0 152.1 Up 06:27:37 - 06:57:37 3443
Mohave Valley 06:42:39 -73.5 Dark Down 76.1 149.8 Up 06:27:39 - 06:57:39 3425
DCO 06:42:33 -74.0 Dark Down 76.4 155.1 Up 06:27:33 - 06:57:33 3412
Lake Havasu City 06:42:38 -73.9 Dark Down 76.5 149.8 Up 06:27:38 - 06:57:38 3377
Idyllwild 06:42:48 -73.2 Dark Down 76.0 140.2 Up 06:27:48 - 06:57:48 3360
Parker 06:42:39 -74.2 Dark Down 76.8 149.2 Up 06:27:39 - 06:57:39 3340
Blythe 06:42:41 -74.5 Dark Down 77.1 146.9 Up 06:27:41 - 06:57:41 3293
Calipatria 06:42:45 -74.3 Dark Down 77.1 142.4 Up 06:27:45 - 06:57:45 3266
Yuma 06:42:42 -75.1 Dark Down 77.9 144.4 Up 06:27:42 - 06:57:42 3198

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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 99RW215, (2022/11/29 06:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8  9.12 109
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8  9.71 104
PPM 093337     04:12:51.3 +22:24:47  6.1  1.33 106
39 Tau         04:05:20.5 +22:00:29  6.7  0.73 104
PPM 093240     04:05:40.6 +22:48:11  9.8  0.39 104
PPM 093250     04:06:18.0 +22:50:15 10.5  0.30 104
99RW215        04:07:09.6 +22:36:39 15.8       105
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/03/19 01:50:58 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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