RECON: TNO occultation with 13TD188

Event between 13TD188 and star GA0920:00074945 with event index number of 1799543

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/01/23 16:39:42 UTC

J2000 position of star is 00:49:42.8 +03:32:44
Equinox of date position of star is 00:50:47.9 +03:39:36
Stellar brightness G=15.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 52 degrees from the moon. Moon is 76% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.2

TNO is 47.4 AU from the Sun and 47.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 423 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4983 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=204.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.8 sec chord
Diameter=83.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13TD188, (2021/01/23 16:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:48.6 -29:30:37  1.2 42.66  90
Algenib        00:14:19.4 +15:18:02  2.8 14.70  57
96 G. Psc      00:49:29.4 +05:23:18  5.8  1.76  51
PPM 143981     00:52:23.5 +03:29:56  7.2  0.43  51
PPM 143932     00:50:31.7 +03:50:18  9.6  0.19  52
PPM 143947     00:50:59.3 +03:46:26 10.2  0.12  52
13TD188        00:50:48.0 +03:39:36 15.0        51
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 13TD188, (2021/01/23 16:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 42.66  90
Algenib        00:13:14.2 +15:11:01  2.8 14.70  57
96 G. Psc      00:48:24.0 +05:16:26  5.8  1.76  51
PPM 143981     00:51:18.4 +03:23:04  7.2  0.43  51
PPM 143932     00:49:26.5 +03:43:25  9.6  0.19  52
PPM 143947     00:49:54.1 +03:39:34 10.2  0.12  52
13TD188        00:49:42.8 +03:32:44 15.0        52
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/18 20:50:54 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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