RECON: TNO occultation with 13UZ17

Event between 13UZ17 and star GA1000:00151615 with event index number of 2466745

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/02/09 10:54:04 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:42:38.0 +11:33:33
Equinox of date position of star is 01:43:48.0 +11:40:09
Stellar brightness G=15.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 32 degrees from the moon. Moon is 58% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.1

TNO is 40.3 AU from the Sun and 40.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 194 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2128 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.9
Diameter=158.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.8 sec chord
Diameter=64.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 2:1E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13UZ17, (2022/02/09 10:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:11.5 +16:33:07  0.8 42.24  11
6Bet Ari       01:55:52.0 +20:54:55  2.6  9.69  27
102Pi Psc      01:38:16.5 +12:15:14  5.6  1.47  33
PPM 117596     01:43:46.1 +10:21:19  7.5  1.31  33
PPM 117590     01:43:24.1 +11:27:45 10.0  0.23  32
PPM 117600     01:44:05.1 +11:38:20 10.3  0.07  32
13UZ17         01:43:48.6 +11:40:12 15.3        32
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 13UZ17, (2022/02/09 10:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 42.24  11
6Bet Ari       01:54:38.5 +20:48:26  2.6  9.69  27
102Pi Psc      01:37:05.8 +12:08:31  5.6  1.47  33
PPM 117596     01:42:35.8 +10:14:40  7.5  1.31  33
PPM 117590     01:42:13.5 +11:21:05 10.0  0.23  32
PPM 117600     01:42:54.5 +11:31:41 10.3  0.07  32
13UZ17         01:42:38.0 +11:33:33 15.3        32
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/12/04 02:03:55 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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