RECON: TNO occultation with 04PY117

Event between 04PY117 and star GA0700:34838645 with event index number of 2576537

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/11/07 14:11:00 UTC

J2000 position of star is 23:45:19.1 -18:57:10
Equinox of date position of star is 23:46:26.7 -18:49:55
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 48 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5

TNO is 33.6 AU from the Sun and 33.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 12.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 139 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1229 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=219.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.1 sec chord
Diameter=89.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 04PY117, (2022/11/07 14:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:54.5 -29:30:02  1.2 15.20  63
Diphda         00:44:44.1 -17:51:42  2.0 13.85  37
107 Aqr        23:47:12.2 -18:33:07  4.8  0.32  47
PPM 242135     23:49:41.4 -18:45:28  7.5  0.76  47
PPM 242045     23:45:45.8 -18:39:27  9.1  0.24  48
04PY117        23:46:30.1 -18:49:33 16.0        47
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 04PY117, (2022/11/07 14:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 15.20  63
Diphda         00:43:35.7 -17:59:11  2.0 13.85  37
107 Aqr        23:46:01.3 -18:40:44  4.8  0.32  47
PPM 242135     23:48:30.6 -18:53:05  7.5  0.76  47
PPM 242045     23:44:34.9 -18:47:04  9.1  0.24  48
04PY117        23:45:19.1 -18:57:10 16.0        48
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/05 01:16:41 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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