RECON: TNO occultation with 05VZ122

Event between 05VZ122 and star GA1020:01685195 with event index number of 1956924

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/10/04 03:01:51 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:20:12.7 +13:48:11
Equinox of date position of star is 06:21:27.4 +13:47:31
Stellar brightness G=13.5, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 155 degrees from the moon. Moon is 63% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.0

TNO is 36.0 AU from the Sun and 35.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 5.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 457 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4081 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=214.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 36.1 sec chord
Diameter=87.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 14.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 8:5EEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 05VZ122, (2022/10/04 03:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:24.3 +07:24:34  0.4  8.87 146
Alhena         06:39:01.6 +16:22:41  1.9  4.96 160
PPM 122243     06:19:23.3 +14:22:21  6.2  0.77 155
PPM 122284     06:20:41.7 +13:45:58  8.5  0.20 155
05VZ122        06:21:30.1 +13:47:30 13.5       155
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 05VZ122, (2022/10/04 03:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  8.87 146
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9  4.96 160
PPM 122243     06:18:05.6 +14:22:58  6.2  0.77 155
PPM 122284     06:19:24.3 +13:46:38  8.5  0.20 155
05VZ122        06:20:12.7 +13:48:11 13.5       155
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/12/18 01:50:21 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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