RECON: TNO occultation with 11QF99

Event between 11QF99 and star GA1060:00767403 with event index number of 2123748

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/04/06 13:58:23 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:06:53.9 +16:22:27
Equinox of date position of star is 05:08:13.5 +16:24:12
Stellar brightness G=14.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 124 degrees from the moon. Moon is 100% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.5

Object is 17.4 AU from the Sun and 17.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 177 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 756 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.8
Diameter=66.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.1 sec chord
Diameter=27.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 11QF99, (2023/04/06 13:58UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:15.5 +16:33:15  0.8  7.43 131
Bellatrix      05:26:22.8 +06:22:08  1.6 10.97 119
15 Ori         05:11:02.0 +15:37:29  5.2  1.03 123
PPM 120629     05:09:13.0 +16:27:12  8.5  0.24 124
11QF99         05:08:14.4 +16:24:13 14.9       124
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 11QF99, (2023/04/06 13:58UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8  7.43 131
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6 10.97 119
15 Ori         05:09:42.0 +15:35:49  5.2  1.03 123
PPM 120629     05:07:52.6 +16:25:28  8.5  0.24 124
11QF99         05:06:53.9 +16:22:27 14.9       124
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/08 03:31:58 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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