RECON: TNO occultation with 01XX254

Event between 01XX254 and star GA1080:03175467 with event index number of 1996192

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/10/14 04:56:21 UTC

J2000 position of star is 09:03:21.2 +18:06:46
Equinox of date position of star is 09:04:34.6 +18:01:32
Stellar brightness G=14.3, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 171 degrees from the moon. Moon is 62% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.8

TNO is 43.1 AU from the Sun and 43.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 210 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2037 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=208.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.5 sec chord
Diameter=84.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 01XX254, (2021/10/14 04:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:31.8 +11:51:36  1.3 16.84 154
63Omi2Cnc      08:58:48.0 +15:29:47  5.8  2.88 170
PPM 126035     09:03:50.7 +17:39:01  8.4  0.41 171
PPM 126059     09:05:05.1 +17:54:29  8.8  0.17 171
01XX254        09:04:34.8 +18:01:32 14.3       171
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 01XX254, (2021/10/14 04:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:22.0 +11:58:02  1.3 16.84 154
63Omi2Cnc      08:57:35.3 +15:34:53  5.8  2.88 170
PPM 126035     09:02:37.3 +17:44:14  8.4  0.41 171
PPM 126059     09:03:51.6 +17:59:44  8.8  0.17 171
01XX254        09:03:21.2 +18:06:46 14.3       171
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/02 02:23:13 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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