RECON: TNO occultation with 05JB186

Event between 05JB186 and star GA0740:09086114 with event index number of 1991291

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/05/09 14:49:57 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:33:56.7 -14:28:51
Equinox of date position of star is 17:35:16.4 -14:29:43
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 21 degrees from the moon. Moon is 82% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.6

Object is 37.2 AU from the Sun and 36.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 292 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2144 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.8
Diameter=165.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.5 sec chord
Diameter=67.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 05JB186, (2023/05/09 14:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:50.6 -26:28:54  0.9 19.24  29
35Eta Oph      17:11:43.1 -15:45:08  2.6  5.82  24
55Xi Ser       17:38:55.5 -15:24:40  3.5  1.27  19
PPM 233226     17:34:08.8 -14:48:25  8.4  0.41  20
PPM 233251     17:35:02.0 -14:26:47  8.8  0.08  21
05JB186        17:35:16.6 -14:29:43 16.3        20
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 05JB186, (2023/05/09 14:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 19.24  29
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  5.82  24
55Xi Ser       17:37:35.1 -15:23:56  3.5  1.27  19
PPM 233226     17:32:48.8 -14:47:31  8.4  0.41  20
PPM 233251     17:33:42.2 -14:25:54  8.8  0.08  21
05JB186        17:33:56.7 -14:28:51 16.3        21
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/04/18 02:24:50 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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