Content
asteroid: (523764) 2014 WC510
satellites: companion
total number: 1
type: position
dates: 2018
observatory: several positions
Reference.
Leiva R. et al (2020)
Stellar Occultation by the Resonant Trans-Neptunian Object (523764) 2014 WC510 Reveals a Close Binary TNO
The Planetary Science Journal. Vol. 1 (2). Id 48.
2020PSJ.....1...48L
Informations.
relative to: the primary
reference frame: astrometric ICRF
centre of frame: topocentric
epoch of equinox: J2000
time scale: UTC
reduction: no information
coordinates: position angle and separation
diff. refraction: no information
receptor: no information
telescope: see the comments
Comments.
The satellite was detected during the stellar occultation by (523764) 2014 WC510 observed on 2018 December 1.
This occultation campaign was part of the Research and Education Collaborative Occultation Network (RECON), a
network of small telescopes spread over 2000 km in western USA and Canada.
Format.
1. Year of the date of observation (yyyy)
2. Month of the date of observation (mm)
3. Day of the date of observation (dd)
4. Hour of the date of observation (h)
5. Minutes of the date of observation (m)
6. Seconds of the date of observation (s)
7. Position angle (P, degrees)
8. Uncertainty of the position angle (sig_P, deg)
9. Separation (sep, mas)
10. Uncertainty of the separation (sig_s, mas)
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Date_of_observation P sig_P sep sig_s
yyyy mm dd h m s deg deg mas mas
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