RECON: TNO occultation with 13UF31

Event between 13UF31 and star GA0820:00217551 with event index number of 2676569

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/11/26 10:33:07 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:48:50.3 -07:24:42
Equinox of date position of star is 02:49:54.6 -07:19:19
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 115 degrees from the moon. Moon is 9% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.0

TNO is 33.5 AU from the Sun and 32.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 22.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 332 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1458 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.7
Diameter=139.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.7 sec chord
Diameter=56.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13UF31, (2022/11/26 10:33UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:14.2 +16:33:13  0.8 35.69 150
68Omi Cet      02:20:30.3 -02:52:29  2.0  8.57 111
PPM 184889     02:41:19.4 -09:21:22  6.2  2.95 112
PPM 185011     02:47:39.3 -07:55:59  8.5  0.84 114
PPM 185070     02:50:12.0 -07:16:58  9.6  0.07 115
13UF31         02:49:58.0 -07:19:02 16.3       115
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 13UF31, (2022/11/26 10:33UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 35.69 150
68Omi Cet      02:19:20.8 -02:58:45  2.0  8.57 111
PPM 184889     02:40:12.2 -09:27:12  6.2  2.95 112
PPM 185011     02:46:31.8 -08:01:42  8.5  0.84 114
PPM 185070     02:49:04.2 -07:22:37  9.6  0.07 115
13UF31         02:48:50.3 -07:24:42 16.3       115
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/06 01:09:07 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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