RECON: TNO occultation with 10TF192

Event between 10TF192 and star GA1100:00526218 with event index number of 2103770

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/01/06 00:44:19 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:08:11.3 +20:24:16
Equinox of date position of star is 04:09:31.2 +20:27:49
Stellar brightness G=14.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 32 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6

TNO is 43.3 AU from the Sun and 42.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 529 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2767 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=342.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.7 sec chord
Diameter=139.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10TF192, (2023/01/06 00:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:14.6 +16:33:14  0.8  7.64  27
44Zet Per      03:55:35.1 +31:57:00  2.8 11.90  33
43Ome1Tau      04:10:30.6 +19:40:06  5.5  0.83  32
PPM 119643     04:09:41.2 +19:47:50  8.2  0.67  32
PPM 093286     04:10:17.1 +20:13:47  9.3  0.29  32
PPM 093285     04:10:16.4 +20:26:42 10.4  0.17  31
10TF192        04:09:32.2 +20:27:51 14.8        31
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 10TF192, (2023/01/06 00:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8  7.64  27
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8 11.90  33
43Ome1Tau      04:09:10.1 +19:36:32  5.5  0.83  32
PPM 119643     04:08:20.6 +19:44:15  8.2  0.67  32
PPM 093286     04:08:56.3 +20:10:14  9.3  0.29  32
PPM 093285     04:08:55.4 +20:23:08 10.4  0.17  31
10TF192        04:08:11.3 +20:24:16 14.8        32
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/01 04:18:24 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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