RECON: TNO occultation with 10WM75

Event between 10WM75 and star GA0960:00932338 with event index number of 1567579

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/03/03 11:03:53 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:45:41.4 +07:03:08
Equinox of date position of star is 05:46:49.6 +07:03:33
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 131 degrees from the moon. Moon is 78% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5

TNO is 43.4 AU from the Sun and 43.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 7.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 580 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3769 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.0
Diameter=380.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 51.3 sec chord
Diameter=155.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 21.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10WM75, (2021/03/03 11:04UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:19.1 +07:24:33  0.4  2.38 129
Bellatrix      05:26:16.1 +06:22:02  1.6  5.15 136
52 Ori         05:49:08.4 +06:27:36  5.5  0.83 131
PPM 149377     05:45:08.0 +06:55:24  8.2  0.44 132
PPM 149407     05:46:32.8 +06:52:01  9.5  0.20 131
10WM75         05:46:50.0 +07:03:34 16.4       131
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 10WM75, (2021/03/03 11:04UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  2.38 129
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6  5.15 136
52 Ori         05:48:00.2 +06:27:15  5.5  0.83 131
PPM 149377     05:43:59.4 +06:54:55  8.2  0.44 132
PPM 149407     05:45:24.3 +06:51:36  9.5  0.20 131
10WM75         05:45:41.4 +07:03:08 16.4       131
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/18 22:04:37 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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