RECON: TNO occultation with 04VY130

Event between 04VY130 and star GA1040:01290660 with event index number of 2568453

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/11/25 19:43:39 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:55:02.5 +15:52:50
Equinox of date position of star is 05:56:21.1 +15:52:59
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 169 degrees from the moon. Moon is 5% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9

TNO is 30.4 AU from the Sun and 29.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 605 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1848 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.0
Diameter=152.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.1 sec chord
Diameter=62.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 04VY130, (2022/11/25 19:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:24.7 +07:24:34  0.4  8.47 160
Alhena         06:39:02.1 +16:22:40  1.9 10.26 165
137 Tau        05:53:40.4 +14:10:32  5.5  1.83 167
PPM 121573     05:55:56.2 +15:30:37  8.1  0.39 168
PPM 121561     05:55:24.2 +15:52:56 10.0  0.23 169
04VY130        05:56:21.6 +15:52:59 15.4       169
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 04VY130, (2022/11/25 19:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  8.47 160
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9 10.26 165
137 Tau        05:52:22.2 +14:10:18  5.5  1.83 167
PPM 121573     05:54:37.3 +15:30:27  8.1  0.39 168
PPM 121561     05:54:05.1 +15:52:45 10.0  0.23 169
04VY130        05:55:02.5 +15:52:50 15.4       169
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/01 04:16:41 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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