RECON: TNO occultation with 03UT292

Event between 03UT292 and star GA0960:01179715 with event index number of 1073286

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/04/08 00:34:34 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:03:59.7 +07:58:40
Equinox of date position of star is 06:05:08.4 +07:58:31
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 116 degrees from the moon. Moon is 16% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.7

TNO is 27.8 AU from the Sun and 28.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 124 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1169 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.0
Diameter=235.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.7 sec chord
Diameter=96.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 03UT292, (2021/04/08 00:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:19.4 +07:24:33  0.4  2.26 114
Bellatrix      05:26:16.4 +06:22:02  1.6  9.78 106
63 Ori         06:06:06.2 +05:25:01  6.4  2.57 116
PPM 149822     06:04:19.2 +07:37:30  8.0  0.41 116
PPM 149825     06:04:32.2 +08:11:14  8.8  0.26 116
PPM 149838     06:04:55.3 +08:05:01 10.2  0.12 116
03UT292        06:05:09.1 +07:58:31 12.1       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 03UT292, (2021/04/08 00:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  2.26 114
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6  9.78 106
63 Ori         06:04:58.1 +05:25:12  6.4  2.57 116
PPM 149822     06:03:10.0 +07:37:37  8.0  0.41 116
PPM 149825     06:03:22.7 +08:11:22  8.8  0.26 116
PPM 149838     06:03:45.9 +08:05:10 10.2  0.12 116
03UT292        06:03:59.7 +07:58:40 12.1       116
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/19 21:52:08 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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