RECON: TNO occultation with 10LB136

Event between 10LB136 and star GA0720:32998169 with event index number of 2101445

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/08/20 23:20:25 UTC

J2000 position of star is 20:25:02.7 -17:19:16
Equinox of date position of star is 20:26:23.2 -17:14:36
Stellar brightness G=15.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 107 degrees from the moon. Moon is 18% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.7

Object is 29.2 AU from the Sun and 28.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 53 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1028 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.0
Diameter=368.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.2 sec chord
Diameter=150.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10LB136, (2023/08/20 23:19UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:57.0 -29:29:47  1.2 36.89 133
38Zet Sgr      19:04:06.8 -29:50:39  2.7 22.62  86
10Pi Cap       20:28:40.2 -18:07:58  5.2  1.04 107
PPM 237438     20:27:52.2 -17:17:56  7.5  0.36 107
PPM 237404     20:26:45.2 -17:14:38  9.4  0.09 107
10LB136        20:26:23.3 -17:14:35 15.8       107
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 10LB136, (2023/08/20 23:19UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 36.89 133
38Zet Sgr      19:02:36.7 -29:52:49  2.7 22.62  86
10Pi Cap       20:27:19.2 -18:12:43  5.2  1.04 107
PPM 237438     20:26:31.7 -17:22:40  7.5  0.36 107
PPM 237404     20:25:24.6 -17:19:20  9.4  0.09 107
10LB136        20:25:02.7 -17:19:16 15.8       107
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/08/09 02:50:34 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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