RECON: TNO occultation with 00QL251

Event between 00QL251 and star GA1000:00127871 with event index number of 1175839

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/11/21 23:04:19 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:25:13.7 +10:16:00
Equinox of date position of star is 01:26:24.0 +10:22:54
Stellar brightness G=12.1, use SENSEUP=16 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 250 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 170 degrees from the moon. Moon is 5% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9

TNO is 41.3 AU from the Sun and 40.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 376 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5566 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=275.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.2 sec chord
Diameter=112.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 2:1E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 00QL251, (2022/11/21 23:04UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:14.2 +16:33:13  0.8 46.69 143
6Bet Ari       01:55:54.6 +20:55:08  2.6 12.69 171
PPM 144653     01:30:14.9 +07:24:42  6.4  3.12 170
PPM 117329     01:27:10.8 +10:31:32  7.3  0.23 170
00QL251        01:26:26.2 +10:23:07 12.1       170
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 00QL251, (2022/11/21 23:04UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 46.69 143
6Bet Ari       01:54:38.5 +20:48:26  2.6 12.69 171
PPM 144653     01:29:03.1 +07:17:38  6.4  3.12 170
PPM 117329     01:25:58.3 +10:24:25  7.3  0.23 170
00QL251        01:25:13.7 +10:16:00 12.1       170
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/13 02:17:32 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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