RECON: TNO occultation with 160427

Event between (160427) 05RL43 and star GA0980:00485901 with event index number of 1967068

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/03/29 14:23:08 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:39:24.2 +09:59:54
Equinox of date position of star is 04:40:40.2 +10:02:32
Stellar brightness G=12.3, use SENSEUP=16 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 250 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 38 degrees from the moon. Moon is 55% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

Object is 24.6 AU from the Sun and 25.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 48 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 923 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.0
Diameter=155.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.4 sec chord
Diameter=63.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 160427, (2023/03/29 14:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:15.4 +16:33:15  0.8  6.56  36
Bellatrix      05:26:22.7 +06:22:08  1.6 11.89  32
88 Tau         04:36:55.9 +10:12:25  4.5  0.94  39
PPM 147779     04:40:16.4 +09:41:01  8.1  0.37  38
PPM 147791     04:40:59.2 +09:54:51  9.7  0.15  38
160427         04:40:40.8 +10:02:33 12.3        38
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, (2023/03/29 14:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8  6.56  36
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6 11.89  32
88 Tau         04:35:39.3 +10:09:39  4.5  0.94  39
PPM 147779     04:39:00.0 +09:38:21  8.1  0.37  38
PPM 147791     04:39:42.6 +09:52:12  9.7  0.15  38
160427         04:39:24.2 +09:59:54 12.3        38
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/23 03:11:46 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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