RECON: TNO occultation with 16SP56

Event between 16SP56 and star GA0960:00261337 with event index number of 2426324

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/11/21 20:28:45 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:04:19.0 +06:31:18
Equinox of date position of star is 03:05:28.4 +06:36:20
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 164 degrees from the moon. Moon is 6% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5

TNO is 41.3 AU from the Sun and 40.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 120 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2264 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.3
Diameter=279.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.2 sec chord
Diameter=114.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 16SP56, (2022/11/21 20:29UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:14.2 +16:33:13  0.8 24.53 142
Menkar         03:03:28.7 +04:10:42  2.5  2.48 163
PPM 146189     03:04:41.0 +06:18:53  6.3  0.36 164
PPM 146199     03:05:34.9 +06:44:14 10.0  0.13 164
16SP56         03:05:31.9 +06:36:35 16.3       163
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 16SP56, (2022/11/21 20:29UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 24.53 142
Menkar         03:02:16.8 +04:05:21  2.5  2.48 163
PPM 146189     03:03:28.2 +06:13:34  6.3  0.36 164
PPM 146199     03:04:22.0 +06:38:57 10.0  0.13 164
16SP56         03:04:19.0 +06:31:18 16.3       163
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/15 01:17:05 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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