RECON: TNO occultation with 07HV90

Event between 07HV90 and star GA0660:09691394 with event index number of 2019351

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/05/18 00:57:09 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:07:50.0 -22:17:40
Equinox of date position of star is 17:09:07.2 -22:19:16
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 131 degrees from the moon. Moon is 32% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.7

TNO is 41.7 AU from the Sun and 40.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 22.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 600 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3928 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=300.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.3 sec chord
Diameter=122.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 07HV90, (2021/05/18 00:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:43.3 -26:28:39  0.9  9.68 124
35Eta Oph      17:11:36.3 -15:45:00  2.6  6.60 130
PPM 266403     17:07:28.5 -21:35:33  6.3  0.82 131
PPM 266452     17:09:44.6 -22:17:53  9.5  0.15 132
07HV90         17:09:07.2 -22:19:16 16.4       132
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 07HV90, (2021/05/18 00:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  9.68 124
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  6.60 130
PPM 266403     17:06:11.8 -21:33:54  6.3  0.82 131
PPM 266452     17:08:27.4 -22:16:19  9.5  0.15 132
07HV90         17:07:50.0 -22:17:40 16.4       131
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/05/18 00:32:27 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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