RECON: TNO occultation with 10TH

Event between 10TH and star GA0980:01948800 with event index number of 2427254

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/11/23 01:29:19 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:32:35.0 +09:43:37
Equinox of date position of star is 06:33:50.1 +09:42:32
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 129 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.4

TNO is 19.8 AU from the Sun and 19.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.6 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 92 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 931 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.3
Diameter=83.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.5 sec chord
Diameter=34.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10TH, (2022/11/23 01:29UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:24.7 +07:24:34  0.4  9.53 137
Alhena         06:39:02.1 +16:22:40  1.9  6.79 129
PPM 122614     06:33:04.9 +11:31:35  5.4  1.83 130
PPM 150664     06:32:30.5 +09:46:22  8.3  0.34 129
PPM 150721     06:33:51.4 +09:28:22  9.0  0.24 129
10TH           06:33:50.6 +09:42:31 16.6       129
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 10TH, (2022/11/23 01:29UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  9.53 137
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9  6.79 129
PPM 122614     06:31:48.3 +11:32:40  5.4  1.83 130
PPM 150664     06:31:14.9 +09:47:25  8.3  0.34 129
PPM 150721     06:32:36.0 +09:29:28  9.0  0.24 129
10TH           06:32:35.0 +09:43:37 16.6       129
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/01 04:16:32 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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