RECON: TNO occultation with 11UJ411

Event between 11UJ411 and star GA1080:00318273 with event index number of 2128858

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/10/30 18:24:26 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:02:36.0 +19:43:01
Equinox of date position of star is 03:03:50.4 +19:48:05
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 101 degrees from the moon. Moon is 31% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.1

TNO is 37.3 AU from the Sun and 36.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 159 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2007 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.4
Diameter=123.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.1 sec chord
Diameter=50.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:3EE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 11UJ411, (2021/10/30 18:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:10.5 +16:33:05  0.8 22.39  81
Hamal          02:08:24.5 +23:33:53  2.0 13.41 111
48Eps Ari      03:00:27.8 +21:25:35  5.6  1.81 101
PPM 118751     03:02:25.4 +19:29:17  8.5  0.46 101
PPM 118776     03:04:23.1 +19:53:09  8.8  0.15 101
11UJ411        03:03:50.7 +19:48:06 15.9       101
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 11UJ411, (2021/10/30 18:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 22.39  81
Hamal          02:07:10.7 +23:27:41  2.0 13.41 111
48Eps Ari      02:59:12.6 +21:20:25  5.6  1.81 101
PPM 118751     03:01:10.9 +19:24:10  8.5  0.46 101
PPM 118776     03:03:08.4 +19:48:05  8.8  0.15 101
11UJ411        03:02:36.0 +19:43:01 15.9       101
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/03 01:34:15 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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