RECON: TNO occultation with 17YK3

Event between 17YK3 and star GA1100:03050658 with event index number of 1632893

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/04/24 00:00:05 UTC

J2000 position of star is 08:22:23.6 +21:40:53
Equinox of date position of star is 08:23:37.5 +21:36:46
Stellar brightness G=14.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 48 degrees from the moon. Moon is 86% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.8

TNO is 30.4 AU from the Sun and 30.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 6.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 251 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1230 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=257.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 42.4 sec chord
Diameter=104.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 17.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 17YK3, (2021/04/24 00:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:37.0 +27:58:23  1.1 10.53  57
19Lam Cnc      08:21:48.0 +23:57:13  5.9  2.38  48
PPM 098625     08:22:42.9 +21:50:25  8.2  0.31  48
PPM 098627     08:22:46.8 +21:31:35  9.0  0.22  48
PPM 098638     08:23:28.3 +21:32:02 10.1  0.09  48
17YK3          08:23:38.3 +21:36:43 14.4        47
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 17YK3, (2021/04/24 00:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 10.53  57
19Lam Cnc      08:20:32.1 +24:01:20  5.9  2.38  48
PPM 098625     08:21:28.1 +21:54:33  8.2  0.31  48
PPM 098627     08:21:32.1 +21:35:44  9.0  0.22  48
PPM 098638     08:22:13.7 +21:36:11 10.1  0.09  48
17YK3          08:22:23.6 +21:40:53 14.4        47
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/24 20:35:56 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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