RECON: TNO occultation with 10CD270

Event between 10CD270 and star GA1060:03469647 with event index number of 1566730

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/03/04 00:07:34 UTC

J2000 position of star is 12:18:42.6 +16:03:56
Equinox of date position of star is 12:19:46.6 +15:56:56
Stellar brightness G=14.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 50 degrees from the moon. Moon is 73% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.1

TNO is 25.1 AU from the Sun and 24.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 66 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1283 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.1
Diameter=146.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.3 sec chord
Diameter=59.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10CD270, (2021/03/04 00:08UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:16:37.7 +19:04:23  0.0 28.00  35
Denebola       11:50:08.3 +14:27:13  2.1  7.31  55
6 Com          12:17:04.6 +14:46:52  5.1  1.34  50
PPM 128970     12:21:10.4 +15:35:49  8.4  0.48  50
PPM 128942     12:19:33.3 +16:05:11 10.8  0.15  50
10CD270        12:19:47.0 +15:56:53 14.6        50
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 10CD270, (2021/03/04 00:08UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:15:38.1 +19:10:15  0.0 28.00  35
Denebola       11:49:02.9 +14:34:17  2.1  7.31  55
6 Com          12:16:00.1 +14:53:56  5.1  1.34  50
PPM 128970     12:20:06.0 +15:42:51  8.4  0.48  50
PPM 128942     12:18:28.9 +16:12:14 10.8  0.15  50
10CD270        12:18:42.6 +16:03:56 14.6        50
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/18 22:06:30 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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