RECON: TNO occultation with 10VQ11

Event between 10VQ11 and star GA0980:00751145 with event index number of 1042865

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/01/28 23:41:02 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:23:21.8 +09:38:19
Equinox of date position of star is 05:24:31.2 +09:39:25
Stellar brightness G=13.5, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 53 degrees from the moon. Moon is 100% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.8

TNO is 40.8 AU from the Sun and 40.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 329 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1503 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.6
Diameter=461.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 28.4 sec chord
Diameter=188.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10VQ11, (2021/01/28 23:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:18.8 +07:24:33  0.4  8.17  47
Bellatrix      05:26:15.8 +06:22:01  1.6  3.32  54
18 Ori         05:17:14.5 +11:21:48  5.6  2.47  55
PPM 148900     05:25:42.4 +09:11:21  8.4  0.55  53
PPM 148891     05:25:32.1 +09:30:51  9.7  0.29  53
10VQ11         05:24:31.3 +09:39:25 13.5        53
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 10VQ11, (2021/01/28 23:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  8.17  47
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6  3.32  54
18 Ori         05:16:04.1 +11:20:29  5.6  2.47  55
PPM 148900     05:24:33.0 +09:10:17  8.4  0.55  53
PPM 148891     05:24:22.6 +09:29:47  9.7  0.29  53
10VQ11         05:23:21.8 +09:38:19 13.5        53
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/18 21:01:51 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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