RECON: TNO occultation with 13UE15

Event between 13UE15 and star GA1180:02304053 with event index number of 2645441

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/10/01 04:48:19 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:15:41.3 +29:36:52
Equinox of date position of star is 06:17:08.5 +29:36:19
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 161 degrees from the moon. Moon is 30% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6

TNO is 24.1 AU from the Sun and 24.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 5.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 376 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2953 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.5
Diameter=121.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 21.6 sec chord
Diameter=49.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13UE15, (2022/10/01 04:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:42.3 +27:58:10  1.1 19.66 141
Alnath         05:27:43.9 +28:37:28  1.6 10.83 171
44Kap Aur      06:16:49.7 +29:29:15  4.3  0.14 161
PPM 071446     06:18:21.5 +29:59:36  8.3  0.47 160
44Kap Aur      06:16:49.7 +29:29:15  4.3  0.14 161
13UE15         06:17:08.5 +29:36:19 16.5       160
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 13UE15, (2022/10/01 04:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 19.66 141
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6 10.83 171
44Kap Aur      06:15:22.6 +29:29:47  4.3  0.14 161
PPM 071446     06:16:54.0 +30:00:11  8.3  0.47 160
44Kap Aur      06:15:22.6 +29:29:47  4.3  0.14 161
13UE15         06:15:41.3 +29:36:52 16.5       161
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/01 04:14:53 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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