RECON: TNO occultation with 13JX67

Event between 13JX67 and star GA0720:06434605 with event index number of 1569004

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/04/13 00:26:59 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:41:46.1 -16:05:13
Equinox of date position of star is 16:42:53.1 -16:07:23
Stellar brightness G=17.0, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 142 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.1

TNO is 42.5 AU from the Sun and 41.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 534 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2916 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=274.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.4 sec chord
Diameter=111.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13JX67, (2021/04/13 00:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:42.9 -26:28:39  0.9 10.74 143
13Zet Oph      16:38:20.0 -10:36:31  2.6  5.63 143
PPM 232030     16:42:48.4 -17:46:54  5.0  1.66 142
PPM 231984     16:41:02.0 -16:39:12  7.9  0.71 143
PPM 232023     16:42:36.2 -16:05:45  9.6  0.10 142
13JX67         16:42:59.2 -16:07:34 17.0       142
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 13JX67, (2021/04/13 00:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 10.74 143
13Zet Oph      16:37:09.6 -10:34:01  2.6  5.63 143
PPM 232030     16:41:34.4 -17:44:32  5.0  1.66 142
PPM 231984     16:39:48.6 -16:36:47  7.9  0.71 143
PPM 232023     16:41:23.0 -16:03:22  9.6  0.10 142
13JX67         16:41:46.1 -16:05:13 17.0       142
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/07/02 22:06:59 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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