RECON: TNO occultation with 05TV189

Event between 05TV189 and star GA0920:01409432 with event index number of 1957972

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/02/23 12:41:39 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:26:02.6 +02:51:35
Equinox of date position of star is 06:27:11.4 +02:50:44
Stellar brightness G=13.9, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 138 degrees from the moon. Moon is 55% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9

TNO is 32.8 AU from the Sun and 32.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 13.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 430 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4542 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.6
Diameter=178.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.7 sec chord
Diameter=72.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 05TV189, (2022/02/23 12:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:22.3 +07:24:34  0.4  8.93 147
Alhena         06:38:59.5 +16:22:43  1.9 13.84 140
PPM 150489     06:26:55.8 +02:15:26  6.4  0.59 138
PPM 150547     06:28:30.0 +02:53:36  6.6  0.33 138
PPM 150486     06:26:52.8 +02:40:02  9.7  0.20 138
PPM 150482     06:26:49.8 +02:55:14 10.7  0.12 138
05TV189        06:27:12.1 +02:50:43 13.9       138
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 05TV189, (2022/02/23 12:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  8.93 147
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9 13.84 140
PPM 150489     06:25:46.5 +02:16:17  6.4  0.59 138
PPM 150547     06:27:20.4 +02:54:30  6.6  0.33 138
PPM 150486     06:25:43.4 +02:40:53  9.7  0.20 138
PPM 150482     06:25:40.2 +02:56:04 10.7  0.12 138
05TV189        06:26:02.6 +02:51:35 13.9       138
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/12/03 01:45:19 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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