RECON: TNO occultation with 10BK118

Event between 10BK118 and star GA0400:10203209 with event index number of 2077728

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/07/12 05:00:52 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:20:35.6 -48:05:20
Equinox of date position of star is 14:22:07.3 -48:11:41
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 149 degrees from the moon. Moon is 28% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=24.1

Object is 23.3 AU from the Sun and 22.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 76 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2709 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.2
Diameter=55.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.3 sec chord
Diameter=22.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 0.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10BK118, (2023/07/12 05:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Hadar          14:05:30.3 -60:29:07  0.6 12.52 137
Alp Lup        14:43:30.4 -47:29:15  2.3  3.65 150
PPM 319469     14:24:47.8 -47:31:22  6.3  0.81 150
PPM 319443     14:23:21.0 -48:10:42  8.6  0.20 149
10BK118        14:22:08.2 -48:11:45 16.5       149
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, (2023/07/12 05:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Hadar          14:03:49.3 -60:22:23  0.6 12.52 137
Alp Lup        14:41:55.7 -47:23:18  2.3  3.65 150
PPM 319469     14:23:15.3 -47:25:01  6.3  0.81 150
PPM 319443     14:21:48.2 -48:04:19  8.6  0.20 149
10BK118        14:20:35.6 -48:05:20 16.5       149
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/04/18 02:29:35 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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