RECON: TNO occultation with 12VB116

Event between 12VB116 and star GA0900:00888056 with event index number of 1572420

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/01/29 16:32:42 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:53:01.4 +00:31:16
Equinox of date position of star is 05:54:06.3 +00:31:28
Stellar brightness G=17.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 59 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.9

TNO is 47.5 AU from the Sun and 46.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 111 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1753 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.1
Diameter=570.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 28.6 sec chord
Diameter=232.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 12VB116, (2021/01/29 16:33UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:18.8 +07:24:33  0.4  6.91  56
34Del Ori      05:33:05.1 -00:17:06  2.2  5.32  64
56 Ori         05:53:32.2 +01:51:31  6.3  1.34  58
PPM 149635     05:55:49.3 +00:58:15  7.6  0.62  58
PPM 149602     05:54:32.3 +00:46:56  9.1  0.28  58
12VB116        05:54:06.4 +00:31:28 17.0        58
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 12VB116, (2021/01/29 16:33UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  6.91  56
34Del Ori      05:32:00.4 -00:17:57  2.2  5.32  64
56 Ori         05:52:26.4 +01:51:18  6.3  1.34  58
PPM 149635     05:54:44.0 +00:58:07  7.6  0.62  58
PPM 149602     05:53:27.1 +00:46:45  9.1  0.28  58
12VB116        05:53:01.4 +00:31:16 17.0        59
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/18 21:02:58 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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