RECON: TNO occultation with 13NT33

Event between 13NT33 and star GA0900:00158752 with event index number of 1581164

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/01/31 06:07:08 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:54:17.8 +01:34:12
Equinox of date position of star is 01:55:22.9 +01:40:23
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 136 degrees from the moon. Moon is 93% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.7

TNO is 17.6 AU from the Sun and 17.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 45 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 749 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.9
Diameter=95.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.9 sec chord
Diameter=39.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13NT33, (2021/01/31 06:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:08.0 +16:33:00  0.8 42.47  93
68Omi Cet      02:20:24.8 -02:52:59  2.0  7.74 131
PPM 145130     01:56:59.3 +01:57:13  6.1  0.49 135
PPM 145102     01:55:28.1 +01:40:50  9.6  0.02 136
13NT33         01:55:23.0 +01:40:23 16.8       136
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 13NT33, (2021/01/31 06:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 42.47  93
68Omi Cet      02:19:20.8 -02:58:45  2.0  7.74 131
PPM 145130     01:55:54.0 +01:51:04  6.1  0.49 135
PPM 145102     01:54:22.9 +01:34:40  9.6  0.02 136
13NT33         01:54:17.8 +01:34:12 16.8       136
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/24 20:34:30 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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