RECON: TNO occultation with 10JJ124

Event between 10JJ124 and star GA0740:21724287 with event index number of 1093126

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/06/17 21:17:34 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:39:45.4 -14:51:57
Equinox of date position of star is 18:40:57.5 -14:50:43
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 105 degrees from the moon. Moon is 47% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.6

TNO is 25.4 AU from the Sun and 24.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 229 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4477 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=284.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.3 sec chord
Diameter=116.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10JJ124, (2021/06/17 21:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:43.6 -26:28:40  0.9 32.49  77
Nunki          18:56:35.7 -26:16:05  2.0 11.99 109
PPM 234707     18:34:52.6 -14:50:09  6.1  1.48 104
PPM 234839     18:40:16.1 -15:01:07  7.4  0.24 105
PPM 234868     18:41:32.5 -14:44:15  9.3  0.17 105
10JJ124        18:40:58.9 -14:50:42 16.5       106
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 10JJ124, (2021/06/17 21:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 32.49  77
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0 11.99 109
PPM 234707     18:33:39.1 -14:51:14  6.1  1.48 104
PPM 234839     18:39:02.5 -15:02:21  7.4  0.24 105
PPM 234868     18:40:19.0 -14:45:31  9.3  0.17 105
10JJ124        18:39:45.4 -14:51:57 16.5       105
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/22 21:05:33 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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