RECON: TNO occultation with 10VR11

Event between 10VR11 and star GA1100:01119832 with event index number of 2107809

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/01/22 22:38:41 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:28:19.9 +21:21:36
Equinox of date position of star is 05:29:42.3 +21:22:38
Stellar brightness G=14.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 124 degrees from the moon. Moon is 2% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.3

TNO is 36.5 AU from the Sun and 35.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 150 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2307 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.6
Diameter=461.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 24.0 sec chord
Diameter=188.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10VR11, (2023/01/22 22:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:14.8 +16:33:14  0.8 13.30 111
Alnath         05:27:45.1 +28:37:29  1.6  7.26 125
114 Tau        05:29:01.3 +21:57:17  4.7  0.60 124
PPM 094420     05:31:37.4 +20:34:03  7.1  0.92 125
PPM 094403     05:30:38.4 +21:19:57  8.7  0.22 124
10VR11         05:29:42.8 +21:22:39 14.4       125
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 10VR11, (2023/01/22 22:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 13.30 111
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6  7.26 125
114 Tau        05:27:38.1 +21:56:13  4.7  0.60 124
PPM 094420     05:30:15.0 +20:33:05  7.1  0.92 125
PPM 094403     05:29:15.6 +21:18:57  8.7  0.22 124
10VR11         05:28:19.9 +21:21:36 14.4       124
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/12/08 02:48:41 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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