RECON: TNO occultation with 09KN30

Event between 09KN30 and star GA0660:34738457 with event index number of 2073510

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/05/28 01:12:03 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:45:39.4 -23:27:27
Equinox of date position of star is 18:47:00.2 -23:25:58
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 119 degrees from the moon. Moon is 6% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.3

TNO is 34.7 AU from the Sun and 33.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 603 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2088 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.8
Diameter=164.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.0 sec chord
Diameter=67.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 7:2EEEEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 09KN30, (2022/05/28 01:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:47.1 -26:28:47  0.9 30.94 149
Nunki          18:56:39.2 -26:16:01  2.0  3.58 117
26 Sgr         18:43:13.6 -23:48:38  6.2  0.95 120
PPM 268791     18:44:19.9 -23:56:38  7.6  0.80 120
PPM 268865     18:47:17.3 -23:38:02  9.4  0.21 119
09KN30         18:47:01.0 -23:25:57 16.6       119
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 09KN30, (2022/05/28 01:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 30.94 149
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0  3.58 117
26 Sgr         18:41:51.7 -23:50:01  6.2  0.95 120
PPM 268791     18:42:57.9 -23:58:03  7.6  0.80 120
PPM 268865     18:45:55.6 -23:39:33  9.4  0.21 119
09KN30         18:45:39.4 -23:27:27 16.6       119
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/14 01:02:37 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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