RECON: TNO occultation with 13WK123

Event between 13WK123 and star GA0940:00349760 with event index number of 2677131

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/11/28 22:43:55 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:55:18.8 +05:37:54
Equinox of date position of star is 03:56:28.2 +05:41:39
Stellar brightness G=15.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 101 degrees from the moon. Moon is 32% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.4

TNO is 36.4 AU from the Sun and 35.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.4 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 299 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1768 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.8
Diameter=138.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.0 sec chord
Diameter=56.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:2EEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 13WK123, (2022/11/28 22:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:14.3 +16:33:13  0.8 14.74 114
Menkar         03:03:28.8 +04:10:42  2.5 13.30  88
PPM 147062     03:58:14.9 +06:06:16  6.3  0.59 102
PPM 147035     03:56:02.7 +05:38:59  8.4  0.13 101
PPM 147039     03:56:27.2 +05:40:06 10.4  0.03 101
13WK123        03:56:31.9 +05:41:51 15.3       102
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 13WK123, (2022/11/28 22:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 14.74 114
Menkar         03:02:16.8 +04:05:21  2.5 13.30  88
PPM 147062     03:57:01.7 +06:02:23  6.3  0.59 102
PPM 147035     03:54:49.7 +05:35:01  8.4  0.13 101
PPM 147039     03:55:14.2 +05:36:09 10.4  0.03 101
13WK123        03:55:18.8 +05:37:54 15.3       101
Positions are for J2000

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

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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