RECON: TNO occultation with 04HY78

Event between 04HY78 and star GA0620:07476156 with event index number of 1076213

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/06/18 01:51:06 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:44:28.4 -27:38:13
Equinox of date position of star is 15:45:46.3 -27:42:10
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 65 degrees from the moon. Moon is 49% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.6

TNO is 32.0 AU from the Sun and 31.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 20.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 599 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5982 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.5
Diameter=121.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.9 sec chord
Diameter=49.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 04HY78, (2021/06/18 01:51UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:43.6 -26:28:40  0.9 10.07  74
7Del Sco       16:01:36.4 -22:40:52  2.3  6.17  67
39Ups Lib      15:38:19.9 -28:12:16  3.6  1.72  64
PPM 264664     15:47:31.6 -28:07:38  7.0  0.57  66
PPM 264636     15:45:41.3 -27:31:24  9.4  0.18  65
04HY78         15:45:46.9 -27:42:12 16.1        66
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 04HY78, (2021/06/18 01:51UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 10.07  74
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:18  2.3  6.17  67
39Ups Lib      15:37:01.4 -28:08:06  3.6  1.72  64
PPM 264664     15:46:12.8 -28:03:42  7.0  0.57  66
PPM 264636     15:44:22.9 -27:27:25  9.4  0.18  65
04HY78         15:44:28.4 -27:38:13 16.1        65
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/04/18 22:56:41 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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