RECON: TNO occultation with 13TC187

Event between 13TC187 and star GA0960:00112944 with event index number of 2675719

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/01/18 16:08:53 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:17:08.7 +07:17:39
Equinox of date position of star is 01:18:17.0 +07:24:31
Stellar brightness G=17.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 14 degrees from the moon. Moon is 56% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.4

TNO is 41.0 AU from the Sun and 41.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 8.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 672 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4812 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=189.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 27.3 sec chord
Diameter=77.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 7:4EEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13TC187, (2024/01/18 16:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
6Bet Ari       01:55:58.4 +20:55:29  2.6 16.27   7
80 Psc         01:09:36.7 +05:46:35  5.5  2.73  17
88 Psc         01:15:57.6 +07:07:18  7.2  0.68  15
PPM 144453     01:18:49.9 +07:16:35  9.8  0.18  14
13TC187        01:18:24.1 +07:25:13 17.0        14
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 13TC187, (2024/01/18 16:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
6Bet Ari       01:54:38.5 +20:48:26  2.6 16.27   7
80 Psc         01:08:21.8 +05:38:55  5.5  2.73  17
88 Psc         01:14:42.3 +06:59:42  7.2  0.68  15
PPM 144453     01:17:34.5 +07:09:01  9.8  0.18  14
13TC187        01:17:08.7 +07:17:39 17.0        14
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/20 23:55:10 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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