RECON: TNO occultation with 13FS28

Event between 13FS28 and star GA0800:04338166 with event index number of 2051995

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/08/01 04:47:31 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:12:42.6 -08:40:40
Equinox of date position of star is 13:13:58.4 -08:48:19
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 109 degrees from the moon. Moon is 11% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=24.1

Object is 81.6 AU from the Sun and 82.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 12.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1735 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5280 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.9
Diameter=625.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 49.7 sec chord
Diameter=255.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 20.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13FS28, (2024/08/01 04:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:29.5 -11:17:20  1.0  3.95 113
PPM 196204     13:09:49.6 -09:06:56  5.5  1.08 108
PPM 196325     13:16:48.0 -08:11:03  8.2  0.93 110
PPM 196281     13:14:04.0 -08:49:58  9.6  0.03 109
13FS28         13:13:59.8 -08:48:28 16.7       110
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 13FS28, (2024/08/01 04:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0  3.95 113
PPM 196204     13:08:32.4 -08:59:05  5.5  1.08 108
PPM 196325     13:15:30.8 -08:03:18  8.2  0.93 110
PPM 196281     13:12:46.8 -08:42:11  9.6  0.03 109
13FS28         13:12:42.6 -08:40:40 16.7       109
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/13 04:34:27 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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