RECON: TNO occultation with 05PL21

Event between 05PL21 and star GA0780:22060139 with event index number of 2569291

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/12/31 12:44:13 UTC

J2000 position of star is 22:49:37.0 -11:46:16
Equinox of date position of star is 22:50:52.3 -11:38:41
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 171 degrees from the moon. Moon is 82% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.4

Object is 45.4 AU from the Sun and 45.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 290 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3799 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=292.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.7 sec chord
Diameter=119.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 05PL21, (2023/12/31 12:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:58.3 -29:29:40  1.2 17.95 162
74 Aqr         22:54:44.4 -11:29:18  6.1  0.96 170
PPM 240803     22:50:42.3 -11:13:18  8.2  0.42 171
PPM 240787     22:50:02.4 -11:42:03  9.3  0.21 171
05PL21         22:50:52.8 -11:38:37 16.4       171
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 05PL21, (2023/12/31 12:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.7 -29:37:24  1.2 17.95 162
74 Aqr         22:53:28.7 -11:37:00  6.1  0.96 170
PPM 240803     22:49:26.6 -11:20:57  8.2  0.42 171
PPM 240787     22:48:46.6 -11:49:41  9.3  0.21 171
05PL21         22:49:37.0 -11:46:16 16.4       171
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/10/27 01:52:34 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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