RECON: TNO occultation with 10BK118

Event between 10BK118 and star GA0380:13156870 with event index number of 2077249

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/04/28 22:50:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:50:21.1 -51:45:54
Equinox of date position of star is 14:51:55.0 -51:51:20
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 127 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.6

TNO is 21.4 AU from the Sun and 20.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 32.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 7.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 81 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 952 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.2
Diameter=55.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 1.7 sec chord
Diameter=22.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 0.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10BK118, (2022/04/28 22:51UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
PPM 360911     14:41:08.3 -60:55:35  0.0  9.19 120
Alp Lup        14:43:25.5 -47:28:57  2.3  4.58 132
PPM 343155     14:48:47.1 -52:17:52  6.5  0.65 127
PPM 343181     14:50:18.9 -51:28:32  8.3  0.46 128
PPM 343206     14:51:48.0 -51:46:33  9.7  0.08 127
10BK118        14:51:55.5 -51:51:22 16.6       127
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 10BK118, (2022/04/28 22:51UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
PPM 360911     14:39:25.2 -60:49:52  0.0  9.19 120
Alp Lup        14:41:55.7 -47:23:18  2.3  4.58 132
PPM 343155     14:47:12.7 -52:12:19  6.5  0.65 127
PPM 343181     14:48:45.1 -51:23:01  8.3  0.46 128
PPM 343206     14:50:13.7 -51:41:05  9.7  0.08 127
10BK118        14:50:21.1 -51:45:54 16.6       127
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/14 01:01:45 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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