RECON: TNO occultation with 06QF181

Event between 06QF181 and star GA0940:00117692 with event index number of 1937222

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/10/11 14:44:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:20:08.5 +05:48:40
Equinox of date position of star is 01:21:16.5 +05:55:30
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 112 degrees from the moon. Moon is 33% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.2

TNO is 44.1 AU from the Sun and 43.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 25.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 119 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2143 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=238.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.3 sec chord
Diameter=97.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 06QF181, (2021/10/11 14:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
6Bet Ari       01:55:50.9 +20:54:49  2.6 17.17 125
89 Psc         01:18:55.5 +03:43:43  5.2  2.27 111
PPM 144454     01:18:43.6 +05:59:54  8.1  0.64 112
PPM 144485     01:20:52.8 +06:16:33  9.4  0.36 112
PPM 144509     01:22:19.1 +05:44:06 11.0  0.32 112
06QF181        01:21:16.5 +05:55:30 16.1       112
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 06QF181, (2021/10/11 14:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
6Bet Ari       01:54:38.5 +20:48:26  2.6 17.17 125
89 Psc         01:17:47.9 +03:36:51  5.2  2.27 111
PPM 144454     01:17:35.7 +05:53:03  8.1  0.64 112
PPM 144485     01:19:44.7 +06:09:43  9.4  0.36 112
PPM 144509     01:21:11.1 +05:37:17 11.0  0.32 112
06QF181        01:20:08.5 +05:48:40 16.1       112
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/09 01:01:29 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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