RECON: TNO occultation with 10BK118

Event between 10BK118 and star GA0400:11485114 with event index number of 2077543

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/01/25 19:54:20 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:53:27.7 -49:20:42
Equinox of date position of star is 14:55:03.2 -49:26:16
Stellar brightness G=14.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 117 degrees from the moon. Moon is 21% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=24.0

Object is 22.6 AU from the Sun and 22.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 14.8 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 71 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2894 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.2
Diameter=55.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.7 sec chord
Diameter=22.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10BK118, (2023/01/25 19:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
PPM 360911     14:41:11.8 -60:55:46  0.0 11.66 110
Alp Lup        14:43:28.5 -47:29:09  2.3  2.74 120
PPM 320083     14:59:44.6 -48:57:23  6.5  0.90 117
PPM 320072     14:58:37.1 -49:10:27  7.7  0.64 117
PPM 320023     14:55:36.7 -49:34:15  9.4  0.16 117
10BK118        14:55:03.4 -49:26:17 14.7       117
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, (2023/01/25 19:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
PPM 360911     14:39:25.2 -60:49:52  0.0 11.66 110
Alp Lup        14:41:55.7 -47:23:18  2.3  2.74 120
PPM 320083     14:58:08.8 -48:51:54  6.5  0.90 117
PPM 320072     14:57:01.2 -49:04:57  7.7  0.64 117
PPM 320023     14:54:00.8 -49:28:41  9.4  0.16 117
10BK118        14:53:27.7 -49:20:42 14.7       117
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/07 03:18:27 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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