RECON: TNO occultation with 01VN71

Event between 01VN71 and star GA1220:03008708 with event index number of 1022430

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/12/17 22:17:37 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:01:33.6 +33:14:03
Equinox of date position of star is 07:02:55.7 +33:12:10
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 154 degrees from the moon. Moon is 13% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.7

TNO is 30.7 AU from the Sun and 29.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 46 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1078 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.8
Diameter=103.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.4 sec chord
Diameter=42.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 01VN71, (2020/12/17 22:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:35.7 +27:58:26  1.1 10.75 164
PPM 072472     07:09:35.6 +33:47:51  6.3  1.51 155
PPM 072350     07:03:05.3 +33:39:15  7.8  0.45 153
PPM 072318     07:01:35.7 +33:21:32 10.0  0.32 153
PPM 072335     07:02:26.0 +33:04:40 10.1  0.16 153
01VN71         07:02:55.7 +33:12:10 16.8       154
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 01VN71, (2020/12/17 22:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:18.0 +28:01:33  1.1 10.75 164
PPM 072472     07:08:13.2 +33:49:56  6.3  1.51 155
PPM 072350     07:01:42.9 +33:41:07  7.8  0.45 153
PPM 072318     07:00:13.4 +33:23:22 10.0  0.32 153
PPM 072335     07:01:03.9 +33:06:31 10.1  0.16 153
01VN71         07:01:33.6 +33:14:03 16.8       153
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/12/12 21:00:17 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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