RECON: TNO occultation with 14WP509

Event between 14WP509 and star GA1160:02803970 with event index number of 2683294

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/11/07 20:25:37 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:22:16.1 +27:37:21
Equinox of date position of star is 07:23:38.8 +27:34:43
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 70 degrees from the moon. Moon is 100% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.8

TNO is 42.9 AU from the Sun and 42.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 9.8 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 231 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1939 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.4
Diameter=790.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 81.5 sec chord
Diameter=322.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 33.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 14WP509, (2022/11/07 20:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:42.7 +27:58:09  1.1  5.11  75
59 Gem         07:25:58.6 +27:35:30  6.0  0.51  71
PPM 097395     07:22:21.9 +27:19:05  9.4  0.39  70
PPM 097389     07:22:07.3 +27:43:52 11.0  0.38  70
14WP509        07:23:41.3 +27:34:38 16.5        70
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 14WP509, (2022/11/07 20:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1  5.11  75
59 Gem         07:24:33.4 +27:38:16  6.0  0.51  71
PPM 097395     07:20:56.8 +27:21:44  9.4  0.39  70
PPM 097389     07:20:42.0 +27:46:31 11.0  0.38  70
14WP509        07:22:16.1 +27:37:21 16.5        70
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/12 01:49:34 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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