RECON: TNO occultation with 04XR190

Event between 04XR190 and star GA1020:00799338 with event index number of 2573557

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/12/01 16:16:17 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:24:13.7 +13:57:58
Equinox of date position of star is 05:25:27.8 +13:59:04
Stellar brightness G=15.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 131 degrees from the moon. Moon is 10% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.9

TNO is 56.9 AU from the Sun and 56.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 27.2 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 170 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4287 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.3
Diameter=816.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 30.1 sec chord
Diameter=333.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 12.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 04XR190, (2021/12/01 16:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:21.5 +07:24:34  0.4 10.04 123
Bellatrix      05:26:18.5 +06:22:04  1.6  7.62 130
PPM 120962     05:28:29.2 +15:16:29  6.1  1.48 131
PPM 120891     05:24:11.7 +14:22:49  8.3  0.50 132
PPM 120894     05:24:17.0 +13:58:57  9.9  0.29 132
04XR190        05:25:28.3 +13:59:05 15.6       131
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 04XR190, (2021/12/01 16:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 10.04 123
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6  7.62 130
PPM 120962     05:27:13.9 +15:15:27  6.1  1.48 131
PPM 120891     05:22:56.9 +14:21:40  8.3  0.50 132
PPM 120894     05:23:02.4 +13:57:48  9.9  0.29 132
04XR190        05:24:13.7 +13:57:58 15.6       131
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/02 02:31:12 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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