RECON: TNO occultation with 04VM131

Event between 04VM131 and star GA1020:01309884 with event index number of 1985509

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/04/13 09:55:13 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:00:51.4 +13:22:39
Equinox of date position of star is 06:02:06.7 +13:22:37
Stellar brightness G=15.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 72 degrees from the moon. Moon is 87% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.0

TNO is 34.6 AU from the Sun and 35.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 682 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3447 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.4
Diameter=127.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.6 sec chord
Diameter=52.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 04VM131, (2022/04/13 09:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:22.7 +07:24:34  0.4  6.13  74
Alhena         06:38:59.9 +16:22:42  1.9  9.40  63
PPM 121823     06:04:39.5 +11:40:43  6.0  1.81  71
PPM 121770     06:02:44.5 +13:07:49  7.7  0.29  72
PPM 121772     06:02:45.7 +13:26:01  9.8  0.17  72
04VM131        06:02:07.0 +13:22:37 15.1        71
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 04VM131, (2022/04/13 09:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  6.13  74
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9  9.40  63
PPM 121823     06:03:24.8 +11:40:51  6.0  1.81  71
PPM 121770     06:01:29.0 +13:07:53  7.7  0.29  72
PPM 121772     06:01:30.1 +13:26:05  9.8  0.17  72
04VM131        06:00:51.4 +13:22:39 15.1        72
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/13 02:12:14 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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