RECON: TNO occultation with 09DJ143

Event between 09DJ143 and star GA0940:03849948 with event index number of 1088705

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/04/06 19:13:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:58:10.6 +05:18:41
Equinox of date position of star is 13:59:14.7 +05:12:31
Stellar brightness G=16.3, 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 26% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.7

TNO is 38.1 AU from the Sun and 37.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 107 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1738 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=255.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.8 sec chord
Diameter=104.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 13:4EEEEEEEEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 09DJ143, (2021/04/06 19:14UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:16:37.9 +19:04:21  0.0 14.50 111
Vindemiatrix   13:03:14.1 +10:50:43  2.8 14.96 126
PPM 160305     14:04:59.9 +04:47:59  6.2  1.49 110
PPM 160201     13:59:00.9 +05:00:53  8.3  0.20 111
09DJ143        13:59:14.7 +05:12:31 16.3       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 09DJ143, (2021/04/06 19:14UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:15:38.1 +19:10:15  0.0 14.50 111
Vindemiatrix   13:02:10.2 +10:57:33  2.8 14.96 126
PPM 160305     14:03:55.7 +04:54:03  6.2  1.49 110
PPM 160201     13:57:56.8 +05:07:04  8.3  0.20 111
09DJ143        13:58:10.6 +05:18:41 16.3       111
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/04/05 23:45:30 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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