RECON: TNO occultation with 10WG9

Event between 10WG9 and star GA1140:01780780 with event index number of 1094539

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/04/04 17:24:21 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:03:17.4 +25:54:09
Equinox of date position of star is 06:04:35.8 +25:54:01
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 162 degrees from the moon. Moon is 47% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5

TNO is 25.2 AU from the Sun and 25.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 10.3 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 191 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3442 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.2
Diameter=134.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.0 sec chord
Diameter=55.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10WG9, (2021/04/04 17:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:19.4 +07:24:33  0.4 18.60 152
Alnath         05:27:38.3 +28:37:24  1.6  8.65 154
139 Tau        05:59:18.8 +25:57:16  4.7  1.19 161
PPM 095283     06:04:11.7 +25:52:56  8.3  0.09 162
10WG9          06:04:36.6 +25:54:01 16.5       162
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 10WG9, (2021/04/04 17:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 18.60 152
Alnath         05:26:17.5 +28:36:23  1.6  8.65 154
139 Tau        05:57:59.6 +25:57:14  4.7  1.19 161
PPM 095283     06:02:52.6 +25:53:02  8.3  0.09 162
10WG9          06:03:17.4 +25:54:09 16.5       162
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/19 21:46:23 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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