RECON: TNO occultation with 10ER65

Event between 10ER65 and star GA0780:04356124 with event index number of 1090836

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/08/01 13:39:13 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:16:44.0 -11:53:07
Equinox of date position of star is 13:17:50.4 -11:59:43
Stellar brightness G=14.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 151 degrees from the moon. Moon is 41% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.6

TNO is 41.6 AU from the Sun and 41.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 104 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1519 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.2
Diameter=542.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 37.0 sec chord
Diameter=221.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 15.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10ER65, (2021/08/01 13:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:20.0 -11:16:24  1.0  2.19 153
50 Vir         13:10:53.2 -10:26:38  5.8  2.31 149
PPM 227068     13:18:30.2 -11:35:49  7.0  0.43 151
PPM 227055     13:17:59.6 -11:53:03  8.9  0.12 151
10ER65         13:17:52.4 -11:59:55 14.6       151
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 10ER65, (2021/08/01 13:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0  2.19 153
50 Vir         13:09:45.3 -10:19:46  5.8  2.31 149
PPM 227068     13:17:21.9 -11:29:01  7.0  0.43 151
PPM 227055     13:16:51.2 -11:46:15  8.9  0.12 151
10ER65         13:16:44.0 -11:53:07 14.6       151
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/12/15 21:21:36 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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