RECON: TNO occultation with 10XE91

Event between 10XE91 and star GA0980:01305127 with event index number of 2110027

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/02/21 10:23:00 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:05:46.5 +08:36:12
Equinox of date position of star is 06:06:58.4 +08:36:00
Stellar brightness G=10.7, use SENSEUP=4 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 125 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 119 degrees from the moon. Moon is 77% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9

TNO is 40.3 AU from the Sun and 39.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 12.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 200 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2000 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=280.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 22.7 sec chord
Diameter=114.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10XE91, (2022/02/21 10:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:22.3 +07:24:34  0.4  2.88 121
Bellatrix      05:26:19.2 +06:22:05  1.6 10.32 128
75 Ori         06:18:19.9 +09:55:57  5.4  3.10 116
PPM 149932     06:08:39.7 +08:15:59  8.0  0.53 118
PPM 149881     06:06:51.3 +08:43:54  9.0  0.14 119
10XE91         06:06:59.1 +08:36:00 10.7       118
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 10XE91, (2022/02/21 10:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  2.88 121
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6 10.32 128
75 Ori         06:17:06.6 +09:56:31  5.4  3.10 116
PPM 149932     06:07:27.3 +08:16:14  8.0  0.53 118
PPM 149881     06:05:38.7 +08:44:06  9.0  0.14 119
10XE91         06:05:46.5 +08:36:12 10.7       119
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/12/04 02:04:09 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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