Occultation by 2002WC19 (2018-12-30)


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Occultation circumstances

Date Sun. 30 Dec. 2018 11:55:56
Star position (ICRF) 05 50 53.8943 +19 55 52.780
C/A 0.180 arcsec
P/A 181.67 °
velocity -24.93 km/s
Geocentric distance Δ 39.3662 au
G mag* 16.7
RP mag* 15.9
Magnitude drop 4.5
Uncertainty in time 146.8 sec
Uncertainty in C/A 65.1 mas
Uncertainty in projected distance 1859.5 km
Probability of occultation on centrality 7.8%
Maximum duration 14.6 sec
Moon distance to the object 114.6°
Fraction of illuminated Moon 38.2 %
Solar elongation 168.9°

Occulted star

Star source ID 3398942186395234304
Stellar catalogue GAIADR2
Star astrometric position in catalogue (ICRF) 05 50 53.8941 +19 55 52.807
Star astrometric position with proper motion (ICRF) 05 50 53.8943 +19 55 52.780
Star apparent position (date) 05 52 01.8923 +19 56 02.106
Proper motion μRA* = (0.6 ± 0.1)mas; μDEC = (-7.7 ± 0.1) mas
Source of proper motion GAIADR2
Uncertainty in the star position RA* = 0.5 mas; DEC= 0.4 mas
G magnitude 16.5
RP magnitude (GaiaDR2) 15.7

Objet

Object (119979) 2002WC19
Diameter 363.0 km
Apparent diameter 12.7 mas
Object astrometric position (ICRF) 05 50 53.8939 +19 55 52.600
Object apparent position (date) 05 52 01.8919 +19 56 01.926
Uncertainty in position RA* = 128.6mas DEC = 64.4mas
Apparent magnitude 20.9
Ephemeris NIMAv4
Dynamic class(1) res 1:2
Semi major axis(1) 47.7 au
Eccentricity(1) 0.262
Inclination(1) 9.2°
Perihelion(1) 35.2 au
Aphelion(1) 60.3 au
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

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