RECON: TNO occultation with 04VZ75

Event between 04VZ75 and star GA1080:01147793 with event index number of 1532200

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/11/28 20:10:11 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:35:26.2 +18:45:23
Equinox of date position of star is 05:36:43.2 +18:46:08
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 89 degrees from the moon. Moon is 36% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.0

TNO is 39.0 AU from the Sun and 38.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1069 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3262 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=234.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.7 sec chord
Diameter=95.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 04VZ75, (2021/11/28 20:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:21.5 +07:24:34  0.4 12.32  86
Alnath         05:27:40.7 +28:37:26  1.6 10.07  90
120 Tau        05:34:48.7 +18:33:14  5.4  0.50  90
119 Tau        05:33:29.9 +18:36:31  6.7  0.78  90
PPM 121140     05:36:32.6 +18:50:21  9.8  0.08  89
04VZ75         05:36:43.5 +18:46:09 16.7        89
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 04VZ75, (2021/11/28 20:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 12.32  86
Alnath         05:26:17.5 +28:36:23  1.6 10.07  90
120 Tau        05:33:31.6 +18:32:25  5.4  0.50  90
119 Tau        05:32:12.8 +18:35:39  6.7  0.78  90
PPM 121140     05:35:15.3 +18:49:35  9.8  0.08  89
04VZ75         05:35:26.2 +18:45:23 16.7        89
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/11/02 00:37:39 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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