RECON: TNO occultation with 04HX78

Event between 04HX78 and star GA0760:08161351 with event index number of 2010761

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/09/08 13:25:59 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:36:36.6 -13:19:06
Equinox of date position of star is 17:37:49.9 -13:19:49
Stellar brightness G=15.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 78 degrees from the moon. Moon is 3% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.6

TNO is 33.6 AU from the Sun and 33.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 4.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 428 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5509 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.2
Diameter=140.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 34.1 sec chord
Diameter=57.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 13.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 04HX78, (2021/09/08 13:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:44.4 -26:28:42  0.9 20.49  64
35Eta Oph      17:11:37.4 -15:45:01  2.6  6.79  72
56Omi Ser      17:42:38.1 -12:53:06  4.4  1.25  79
PPM 233256     17:35:04.6 -13:31:05  8.4  0.70  77
PPM 233344     17:38:32.9 -13:24:37  9.7  0.19  78
04HX78         17:37:50.1 -13:19:49 15.2        78
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 04HX78, (2021/09/08 13:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 20.49  64
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  6.79  72
56Omi Ser      17:41:24.8 -12:52:32  4.4  1.25  79
PPM 233256     17:33:51.0 -13:30:17  8.4  0.70  77
PPM 233344     17:37:19.3 -13:23:55  9.7  0.19  78
04HX78         17:36:36.6 -13:19:06 15.2        78
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/08/25 04:09:30 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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