RECON: TNO occultation with 13RF109

Event between 13RF109 and star GA0880:00099885 with event index number of 2070817

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/08/13 14:46:00 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:10:29.6 -00:42:36
Equinox of date position of star is 01:11:36.6 -00:35:40
Stellar brightness G=15.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 132 degrees from the moon. Moon is 60% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6

TNO is 40.2 AU from the Sun and 39.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 12.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 256 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3483 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=253.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 23.3 sec chord
Diameter=103.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13RF109, (2024/08/13 14:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:00.3 -29:29:28  1.2 42.83  90
68Omi Cet      02:20:35.5 -02:52:01  2.0 17.35 143
38 Cet         01:16:04.7 -00:50:35  5.7  1.11 133
PPM 174861     01:12:28.3 -01:08:40  8.4  0.59 132
PPM 174860     01:12:11.8 -00:51:51  9.6  0.31 132
PPM 174857     01:11:03.2 -00:36:14 10.6  0.18 132
13RF109        01:11:45.2 -00:34:46 15.5       132
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 13RF109, (2024/08/13 14:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 42.83  90
68Omi Cet      02:19:20.8 -02:58:45  2.0 17.35 143
38 Cet         01:14:49.2 -00:58:22  5.7  1.11 133
PPM 174861     01:11:12.8 -01:16:29  8.4  0.59 132
PPM 174860     01:10:56.2 -00:59:40  9.6  0.31 132
PPM 174857     01:09:47.6 -00:44:05 10.6  0.18 132
13RF109        01:10:29.6 -00:42:36 15.5       132
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/29 23:07:49 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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