RECON: TNO occultation with 06TO130

Event between 06TO130 and star GA1080:00340740 with event index number of 2015954

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/09/16 15:31:29 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:13:06.4 +18:01:21
Equinox of date position of star is 03:14:20.1 +18:06:09
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 111 degrees from the moon. Moon is 79% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6

TNO is 30.9 AU from the Sun and 30.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 10.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 243 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1261 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.6
Diameter=182.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.9 sec chord
Diameter=74.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 4:3E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 06TO130, (2021/09/16 15:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:10.1 +16:33:04  0.8 19.82 129
Menkar         03:03:25.0 +04:10:25  2.5 14.18 103
57Del Ari      03:12:52.5 +19:48:27  4.3  1.74 111
PPM 118904     03:13:29.6 +17:22:53  8.5  0.75 110
PPM 118925     03:15:12.6 +17:58:07  9.0  0.25 111
PPM 118918     03:14:20.4 +18:08:08 10.4  0.03 111
06TO130        03:14:20.3 +18:06:10 15.9       111
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 06TO130, (2021/09/16 15:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 19.82 129
Menkar         03:02:16.8 +04:05:21  2.5 14.18 103
57Del Ari      03:11:38.0 +19:43:36  4.3  1.74 111
PPM 118904     03:12:16.1 +17:18:03  8.5  0.75 110
PPM 118925     03:13:58.8 +17:53:19  9.0  0.25 111
PPM 118918     03:13:06.5 +18:03:19 10.4  0.03 111
06TO130        03:13:06.4 +18:01:21 15.9       111
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/08/26 00:56:20 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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