RECON: TNO occultation with 13RM109

Event between 13RM109 and star GA0940:16871816 with event index number of 2008133

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/12/10 07:05:36 UTC

J2000 position of star is 22:21:07.8 +04:45:29
Equinox of date position of star is 22:22:19.9 +04:52:43
Stellar brightness G=12.8, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 114 degrees from the moon. Moon is 8% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.0

Object is 42.2 AU from the Sun and 42.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 11.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 262 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2279 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=289.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 24.3 sec chord
Diameter=118.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 11:5EEEEEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13RM109, (2023/12/10 07:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:58.0 -29:29:41  1.2 35.48 107
Markab         23:05:57.3 +15:20:04  2.5 14.97 127
30 Peg         22:21:39.8 +05:54:38  5.3  1.05 114
PPM 172985     22:24:27.5 +05:46:06  8.1  1.03 115
PPM 172956     22:22:48.4 +04:42:13  9.2  0.21 114
13RM109        22:22:20.3 +04:52:45 12.8       114
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 13RM109, (2023/12/10 07:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 35.48 107
Markab         23:04:45.8 +15:12:18  2.5 14.97 127
30 Peg         22:20:27.5 +05:47:22  5.3  1.05 114
PPM 172985     22:23:15.1 +05:38:48  8.1  1.03 115
PPM 172956     22:21:35.8 +04:34:56  9.2  0.21 114
13RM109        22:21:07.8 +04:45:29 12.8       114
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/10/27 01:52:23 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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