RECON: TNO occultation with 13VF24

Event between 13VF24 and star GA1020:00872757 with event index number of 1032326

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/01/10 23:18:20 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:33:13.8 +12:55:39
Equinox of date position of star is 05:34:24.7 +12:56:27
Stellar brightness G=15.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 169 degrees from the moon. Moon is 6% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6

TNO is 27.2 AU from the Sun and 26.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 45 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 954 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.2
Diameter=140.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.6 sec chord
Diameter=57.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E+6:4II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13VF24, (2021/01/10 23:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:18.7 +07:24:33  0.4  7.72 162
Bellatrix      05:26:15.6 +06:22:01  1.6  6.87 163
35 Ori         05:35:06.1 +14:19:07  5.6  1.39 171
PPM 121142     05:36:31.7 +13:17:47  7.9  0.63 170
PPM 121087     05:34:05.5 +13:03:55  9.8  0.15 169
13VF24         05:34:24.9 +12:56:27 15.1       169
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 13VF24, (2021/01/10 23:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  7.72 162
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6  6.87 163
35 Ori         05:33:54.3 +14:18:20  5.6  1.39 171
PPM 121142     05:35:20.5 +13:17:03  7.9  0.63 170
PPM 121087     05:32:54.4 +13:03:06  9.8  0.15 169
13VF24         05:33:13.8 +12:55:39 15.1       169
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/12/16 22:04:03 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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