RECON: TNO occultation with 119979

Event between (119979) 02WC19 and star GA1100:01940991 with event index number of 2115842

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/11/27 18:07:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:19:54.1 +20:47:17
Equinox of date position of star is 06:21:15.5 +20:46:36
Stellar brightness G=14.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 156 degrees from the moon. Moon is 19% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.7

TNO is 39.5 AU from the Sun and 38.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 230 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1652 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.7
Diameter=691.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 32.7 sec chord
Diameter=282.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 13.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 2:1E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 119979, (2022/11/27 18:08UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:24.8 +07:24:34  0.4 14.66 145
Alhena         06:39:02.1 +16:22:40  1.9  6.09 158
16 Gem         06:29:18.4 +20:28:49  6.1  1.90 158
PPM 122302     06:21:33.6 +19:51:45  8.5  0.92 156
PPM 095765     06:20:38.7 +20:34:07  8.8  0.25 156
119979         06:21:16.1 +20:46:36 14.7       156
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 119979, (2022/11/27 18:08UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 14.66 145
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9  6.09 158
16 Gem         06:27:56.7 +20:29:46  6.1  1.90 158
PPM 122302     06:20:12.1 +19:52:27  8.5  0.92 156
PPM 095765     06:19:16.9 +20:34:47  8.8  0.25 156
119979         06:19:54.1 +20:47:17 14.7       156
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/09/30 04:13:55 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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