RECON: TNO occultation with 13RU155

Event between 13RU155 and star GA0920:00021068 with event index number of 2712973

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/11/18 22:56:11 UTC

J2000 position of star is 00:13:31.5 +03:24:41
Equinox of date position of star is 00:14:38.7 +03:31:58
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 168 degrees from the moon. Moon is 27% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.3

TNO is 40.7 AU from the Sun and 40.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 13.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 890 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5677 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=231.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.1 sec chord
Diameter=94.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13RU155, (2022/11/18 22:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:54.6 -29:30:02  1.2 37.70 154
Algenib        00:14:25.0 +15:18:38  2.8 11.77 157
44 Psc         00:26:34.7 +02:03:58  5.8  3.31 167
PPM 143227     00:12:16.2 +04:15:37  8.3  0.94 167
PPM 143262     00:14:15.6 +03:31:05  9.5  0.11 168
13RU155        00:14:41.9 +03:32:19 15.4       167
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 13RU155, (2022/11/18 22:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 37.70 154
Algenib        00:13:14.2 +15:11:01  2.8 11.77 157
44 Psc         00:25:24.2 +01:56:22  5.8  3.31 167
PPM 143227     00:11:05.7 +04:07:59  8.3  0.94 167
PPM 143262     00:13:05.2 +03:23:28  9.5  0.11 168
13RU155        00:13:31.5 +03:24:41 15.4       168
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/11/02 00:59:06 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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