RECON: TNO occultation with 11HN104

Event between 11HN104 and star GA0820:07510783 with event index number of 2119205

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/04/19 12:02:14 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:03:13.3 -06:27:05
Equinox of date position of star is 18:04:30.2 -06:26:57
Stellar brightness G=17.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 108 degrees from the moon. Moon is 83% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.0

Object is 30.6 AU from the Sun and 30.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 10.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 385 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4904 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.0
Diameter=149.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.9 sec chord
Diameter=60.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E+6:4II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 11HN104, (2024/04/19 12:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:54.1 -26:29:02  0.9 29.97  89
60Bet Oph      17:44:40.4 +04:33:32  2.8 12.07 101
PPM 201278     18:00:54.2 -04:49:17  5.8  1.86 107
PPM 201323     18:03:40.9 -05:44:01  8.0  0.75 108
PPM 201326     18:03:55.1 -06:19:13  9.2  0.20 108
11HN104        18:04:31.7 -06:26:57 17.0       109
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 11HN104, (2024/04/19 12:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 29.97  89
60Bet Oph      17:43:28.3 +04:34:06  2.8 12.07 101
PPM 201278     17:59:36.8 -04:49:18  5.8  1.86 107
PPM 201323     18:02:22.9 -05:44:08  8.0  0.75 108
PPM 201326     18:02:36.8 -06:19:20  9.2  0.20 108
11HN104        18:03:13.3 -06:27:05 17.0       108
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/04 04:10:48 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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