RECON: TNO occultation with 01HA59

Event between 01HA59 and star GA0700:06050309 with event index number of 1064341

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/03/24 07:42:52 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:55:59.9 -19:20:19
Equinox of date position of star is 15:57:13.1 -19:23:55
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 116 degrees from the moon. Moon is 76% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.2

TNO is 45.9 AU from the Sun and 45.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 11.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1712 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4526 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=299.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 26.2 sec chord
Diameter=122.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 01HA59, (2021/03/24 07:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:42.7 -26:28:38  0.9 10.46 125
8Bet1Sco       16:06:40.5 -19:51:43  2.6  2.27 118
47 Lib         15:56:14.2 -19:26:38  5.9  0.24 115
PPM 230949     15:56:51.0 -18:51:07  8.2  0.55 115
PPM 230982     15:58:06.9 -19:19:55  9.8  0.22 116
01HA59         15:57:13.7 -19:23:57 16.8       116
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 01HA59, (2021/03/24 07:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 10.46 125
8Bet1Sco       16:05:26.2 -19:48:20  2.6  2.27 118
47 Lib         15:55:00.4 -19:22:59  5.9  0.24 115
PPM 230949     15:55:37.4 -18:47:28  8.2  0.55 115
PPM 230982     15:56:53.0 -19:16:18  9.8  0.22 116
01HA59         15:55:59.9 -19:20:19 16.8       115
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/19 21:28:22 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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