RECON: TNO occultation with 00KL4

Event between 00KL4 and star GA0840:07503996 with event index number of 1062849

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/06/12 11:59:42 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:13:56.5 -05:17:53
Equinox of date position of star is 18:15:04.6 -05:17:26
Stellar brightness G=14.0, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 156 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.4

TNO is 39.1 AU from the Sun and 38.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 304 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2071 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.5
Diameter=187.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.8 sec chord
Diameter=76.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 00KL4, (2021/06/12 12:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:43.5 -26:28:40  0.9 32.69 145
60Bet Oph      17:44:32.0 +04:33:36  2.8 12.46 144
PPM 201570     18:18:00.6 -03:00:00  5.9  2.40 155
PPM 201534     18:15:38.6 -05:34:05  8.3  0.31 157
PPM 201537     18:15:46.8 -05:12:24  9.0  0.19 156
00KL4          18:15:05.1 -05:17:26 14.0       157
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 00KL4, (2021/06/12 12:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 32.69 145
60Bet Oph      17:43:28.3 +04:34:06  2.8 12.46 144
PPM 201570     18:16:53.1 -03:00:32  5.9  2.40 155
PPM 201534     18:14:29.9 -05:34:33  8.3  0.31 157
PPM 201537     18:14:38.2 -05:12:52  9.0  0.19 156
00KL4          18:13:56.5 -05:17:53 14.0       156
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/04/17 22:52:06 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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