Occultation by 2002WC19 (2018-12-30)
Occultation map

Information about the map:
- The straight and continue lines are the shadow limits considering the estimated radius; when the shadow crosses the Earth's surface, the path is projected on the Earth;
- Each blue dot is spaced by one minute and the big blue dot corresponds to the nominal occultation time (which is the geocentric closest approach);
- The arrow shows the direction of the shadow motion;
- The 1-σ precision along the path is represented by the red dotted line;
- The star G* and RP* are the G (from Gaia) and RP (red photometer from GaiaDR2) magnitudes, normalized to a body moving at 20km/s in order to enhance very slow events;
- The body offset is at the upper right corner, if JPL ephemeris is used;
- Areas in dark grey correspond to full night (Sun elevation below -18 degrees) and areas in light grey correspond to twilight (Sun elevation between -18 and 0 degrees) while daytime is in white;
- Be careful, the dates are from the moment of the event in Universal Time, the night of the event may begin at the date before.
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 |
Sky map (Aladin)
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