RECON: TNO occultation with 10BK118

Event between 10BK118 and star GA0420:09795308 with event index number of 2077746

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/08/03 02:56:30 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:19:23.0 -47:27:29
Equinox of date position of star is 14:20:55.2 -47:33:56
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 97 degrees from the moon. Moon is 97% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=24.1

Object is 23.4 AU from the Sun and 23.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 77 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2965 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.2
Diameter=55.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.0 sec chord
Diameter=22.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10BK118, (2023/08/03 02:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Hadar          14:05:30.6 -60:29:08  0.6 13.11  91
Alp Lup        14:43:30.6 -47:29:16  2.3  3.81  93
PPM 319469     14:24:48.0 -47:31:23  6.3  0.66  96
PPM 319453     14:23:47.8 -47:14:23  8.5  0.59  96
PPM 319382     14:20:00.8 -47:27:29  9.5  0.19  97
10BK118        14:20:55.3 -47:33:56 16.8        96
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, (2023/08/03 02:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Hadar          14:03:49.3 -60:22:23  0.6 13.11  91
Alp Lup        14:41:55.7 -47:23:18  2.3  3.81  93
PPM 319469     14:23:15.3 -47:25:01  6.3  0.66  96
PPM 319453     14:22:15.4 -47:07:59  8.5  0.59  96
PPM 319382     14:18:28.7 -47:21:01  9.5  0.19  97
10BK118        14:19:23.0 -47:27:29 16.8        97
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/07/27 03:49:07 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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