RECON: TNO occultation with 13RV124

Event between 13RV124 and star GA0480:00034010 with event index number of 2674828

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/01/12 17:52:12 UTC

J2000 position of star is 00:28:10.8 -40:59:19
Equinox of date position of star is 00:29:14.6 -40:52:07
Stellar brightness G=14.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 143 degrees from the moon. Moon is 73% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5

TNO is 45.5 AU from the Sun and 46.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 27.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 216 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5610 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=348.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 15.2 sec chord
Diameter=142.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13RV124, (2023/01/12 17:52UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Achernar       01:38:34.1 -57:07:13  0.5 19.71 124
Bet Gru        22:44:01.9 -46:45:49  2.1 19.78 136
PPM 304952     00:31:35.1 -40:48:45  6.5  0.43 143
PPM 304931     00:30:30.6 -40:32:18  6.9  0.40 143
PPM 304905     00:29:17.5 -41:03:04  9.4  0.19 143
13RV124        00:29:18.3 -40:51:41 14.8       143
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 13RV124, (2023/01/12 17:52UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Achernar       01:37:43.1 -57:14:13  0.5 19.71 124
Bet Gru        22:42:40.3 -46:53:05  2.1 19.78 136
PPM 304952     00:30:27.9 -40:56:22  6.5  0.43 143
PPM 304931     00:29:23.2 -40:39:56  6.9  0.40 143
PPM 304905     00:28:10.0 -41:10:42  9.4  0.19 143
13RV124        00:28:10.8 -40:59:19 14.8       143
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/05 01:26:23 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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