RECON: TNO occultation with 129772

Event between (129772) 99HR11 and star GA0760:05000353 with event index number of 1119928

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/05/05 11:34:03 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:32:30.9 -12:32:08
Equinox of date position of star is 14:33:40.4 -12:37:43
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 115 degrees from the moon. Moon is 33% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.4

TNO is 42.2 AU from the Sun and 41.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 110 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1916 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=218.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.8 sec chord
Diameter=89.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 7:4EEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 129772, (2021/05/05 11:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:19.2 -11:16:19  1.0 16.53 131
27Bet Lib      15:18:09.5 -09:27:37  2.6 11.36 106
PPM 229046     14:38:08.1 -12:23:42  6.2  1.11 114
PPM 228927     14:32:56.7 -13:17:06  8.3  0.68 115
PPM 228933     14:33:06.3 -12:49:04  8.9  0.23 115
129772         14:33:40.5 -12:37:44 16.3       115
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 129772, (2021/05/05 11:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 16.53 131
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6 11.36 106
PPM 229046     14:36:58.5 -12:18:12  6.2  1.11 114
PPM 228927     14:31:46.9 -13:11:30  8.3  0.68 115
PPM 228933     14:31:56.7 -12:43:27  8.9  0.23 115
129772         14:32:30.9 -12:32:08 16.3       115
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/04/21 22:32:15 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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