RECON: TNO occultation with 160427

Event between (160427) 05RL43 and star GA0980:00402568 with event index number of 1038142

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/01/14 22:49:37 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:14:41.0 +08:33:17
Equinox of date position of star is 04:15:49.3 +08:36:23
Stellar brightness G=15.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 105 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.8

TNO is 24.5 AU from the Sun and 23.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 13.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 68 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 875 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.8
Diameter=166.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.0 sec chord
Diameter=67.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 160427, (2021/01/14 22:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:07.8 +16:33:00  0.8  9.49 112
Bellatrix      05:26:15.6 +06:22:01  1.6 17.60 121
49Mu Tau       04:16:40.8 +08:56:37  4.3  0.40 105
PPM 147320     04:14:39.9 +08:56:32  7.4  0.44 105
PPM 147327     04:15:15.4 +08:14:05  9.9  0.40 105
160427         04:15:49.5 +08:36:23 15.8       105
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 160427, (2021/01/14 22:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8  9.49 112
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6 17.60 121
49Mu Tau       04:15:32.1 +08:53:32  4.3  0.40 105
PPM 147320     04:13:31.3 +08:53:24  7.4  0.44 105
PPM 147327     04:14:07.0 +08:10:58  9.9  0.40 105
160427         04:14:41.0 +08:33:17 15.8       105
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/12/30 19:55:49 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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