RECON: TNO occultation with 13RP157

Event between 13RP157 and star GA0940:00202086 with event index number of 2713347

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/02/14 11:41:24 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:22:16.5 +04:58:03
Equinox of date position of star is 02:23:25.1 +05:03:58
Stellar brightness G=15.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 147 degrees from the moon. Moon is 41% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.5

TNO is 37.1 AU from the Sun and 37.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 596 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5544 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.6
Diameter=181.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.4 sec chord
Diameter=74.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13RP157, (2023/02/14 11:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:15.0 +16:33:14  0.8 34.72 171
68Omi Cet      02:20:31.0 -02:52:25  2.0  7.98 141
PPM 145462     02:19:13.6 +01:51:57  5.6  3.38 144
PPM 145567     02:26:03.2 +05:07:42  8.5  0.64 148
PPM 145534     02:23:57.7 +05:03:41  8.8  0.12 147
13RP157        02:23:29.1 +05:04:19 15.3       148
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 13RP157, (2023/02/14 11:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 34.72 171
68Omi Cet      02:19:20.8 -02:58:45  2.0  7.98 141
PPM 145462     02:18:02.0 +01:45:36  5.6  3.38 144
PPM 145567     02:24:50.4 +05:01:29  8.5  0.64 148
PPM 145534     02:22:45.1 +04:57:25  8.8  0.12 147
13RP157        02:22:16.5 +04:58:03 15.3       147
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/11/02 01:07:28 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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