RECON: TNO occultation with 04KJ19

Event between 04KJ19 and star GA0760:07417692 with event index number of 1077409

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/04/15 23:29:37 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:26:58.8 -12:38:16
Equinox of date position of star is 17:28:09.8 -12:39:16
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 163 degrees from the moon. Moon is 13% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.8

TNO is 36.4 AU from the Sun and 35.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 13.0 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 186 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2673 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=233.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.0 sec chord
Diameter=95.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 04KJ19, (2021/04/15 23:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:43.0 -26:28:39  0.9 19.31 175
35Eta Oph      17:11:36.0 -15:44:59  2.6  5.07 168
53Nu Ser       17:22:01.6 -12:52:00  4.0  1.51 164
PPM 233084     17:28:13.9 -12:31:46  6.6  0.13 163
PPM 233089     17:28:23.1 -12:43:05  9.8  0.08 163
04KJ19         17:28:10.6 -12:39:17 16.2       163
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 04KJ19, (2021/04/15 23:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 19.31 175
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  5.07 168
53Nu Ser       17:20:49.7 -12:50:49  4.0  1.51 164
PPM 233084     17:27:02.2 -12:30:46  6.6  0.13 163
PPM 233089     17:27:11.3 -12:42:05  9.8  0.08 163
04KJ19         17:26:58.8 -12:38:16 16.2       163
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/20 20:29:12 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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