RECON: TNO occultation with 13RG98

Event between 13RG98 and star GA0680:00590838 with event index number of 2070954

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/10/10 23:23:10 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:47:43.4 -20:08:12
Equinox of date position of star is 05:48:40.0 -20:07:50
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 64 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.4

TNO is 20.8 AU from the Sun and 20.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 63 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1585 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.0
Diameter=94.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.5 sec chord
Diameter=38.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13RG98, (2022/10/10 23:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Sirius         06:46:09.1 -16:44:54 -1.5 14.03  76
Arneb          05:33:44.1 -17:48:27  2.6  4.23  60
PPM 216182     05:44:21.5 -18:32:55  5.7  1.88  63
PPM 249414     05:49:09.2 -20:01:02  8.5  0.15  64
PPM 249400     05:48:31.3 -20:13:48  9.6  0.11  64
13RG98         05:48:42.3 -20:07:49 16.5        65
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 13RG98, (2022/10/10 23:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Sirius         06:45:08.0 -16:43:24 -1.5 14.03  76
Arneb          05:32:43.8 -17:49:20  2.6  4.23  60
PPM 216182     05:43:21.7 -18:33:27  5.7  1.88  63
PPM 249414     05:48:10.3 -20:01:25  8.5  0.15  64
PPM 249400     05:47:32.4 -20:14:12  9.6  0.11  64
13RG98         05:47:43.4 -20:08:12 16.5        64
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/11/26 00:03:17 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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