RECON: TNO occultation with 13TU187

Event between 13TU187 and star GA0960:00248536 with event index number of 2676405

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/10/30 19:35:11 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:55:41.5 +06:02:42
Equinox of date position of star is 02:56:50.6 +06:07:55
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 114 degrees from the moon. Moon is 34% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9

TNO is 33.5 AU from the Sun and 32.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 249 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4125 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.7
Diameter=141.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.2 sec chord
Diameter=57.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13TU187, (2022/10/30 19:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:14.0 +16:33:12  0.8 26.67 140
Menkar         03:03:28.5 +04:10:41  2.5  2.55 114
PPM 146085     02:58:16.5 +04:35:31  6.1  1.58 113
PPM 145993     02:53:26.8 +05:36:02  8.3  1.01 113
PPM 146074     02:57:29.9 +06:05:22  9.3  0.16 114
PPM 146053     02:56:43.2 +06:01:29 10.9  0.12 114
13TU187        02:56:54.0 +06:08:10 16.5       114
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 13TU187, (2022/10/30 19:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 26.67 140
Menkar         03:02:16.8 +04:05:21  2.5  2.55 114
PPM 146085     02:57:04.6 +04:30:04  6.1  1.58 113
PPM 145993     02:52:14.6 +05:30:28  8.3  1.01 113
PPM 146074     02:56:17.5 +05:59:54  9.3  0.16 114
PPM 146053     02:55:30.8 +05:56:00 10.9  0.12 114
13TU187        02:55:41.5 +06:02:42 16.5       114
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/05 01:13:27 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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