RECON: TNO occultation with 11UA413

Event between 11UA413 and star GA1120:00362051 with event index number of 2126809

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/02/28 12:54:25 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:07:09.3 +22:23:30
Equinox of date position of star is 03:08:25.5 +22:28:30
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 100 degrees from the moon. Moon is 6% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.9

TNO is 32.4 AU from the Sun and 32.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 259 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1963 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.6
Diameter=114.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.6 sec chord
Diameter=46.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 4:3E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 11UA413, (2022/02/28 12:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:11.7 +16:33:07  0.8 21.71 118
Hamal          02:08:25.7 +23:33:58  2.0 13.84  88
48Eps Ari      03:00:29.0 +21:25:40  5.6  2.12  98
PPM 092254     03:11:23.5 +21:49:47  7.9  0.94 100
PPM 092222     03:08:55.9 +22:39:22  9.7  0.21 100
PPM 092216     03:08:13.3 +22:26:51 11.0  0.06 100
11UA413        03:08:26.3 +22:28:33 16.7       100
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 11UA413, (2022/02/28 12:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 21.71 118
Hamal          02:07:10.7 +23:27:41  2.0 13.84  88
48Eps Ari      02:59:12.6 +21:20:25  5.6  2.12  98
PPM 092254     03:10:06.6 +21:44:48  7.9  0.94 100
PPM 092222     03:07:38.7 +22:34:20  9.7  0.21 100
PPM 092216     03:06:56.2 +22:21:47 11.0  0.06 100
11UA413        03:07:09.3 +22:23:30 16.7       100
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/12/04 02:04:16 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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