RECON: TNO occultation with 19521

Event between (19521) Chaos and star GA1200:02139017 with event index number of 1253662

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/12/25 16:35:33 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:57:57.7 +31:22:50
Equinox of date position of star is 05:59:19.5 +31:22:52
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 144 degrees from the moon. Moon is 8% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.9

TNO is 41.2 AU from the Sun and 40.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 25.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 337 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2512 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.8
Diameter=660.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 26.0 sec chord
Diameter=269.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 19521, (2022/12/25 16:36UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:43.2 +27:58:08  1.1 23.49 167
Alnath         05:27:44.8 +28:37:29  1.6  7.39 137
PPM 071002     05:56:28.6 +31:42:10  5.9  0.71 143
PPM 071093     06:01:49.4 +31:56:24  7.9  0.75 144
PPM 071032     05:58:26.7 +31:01:20  9.6  0.42 144
PPM 071041     05:58:50.7 +31:14:34 10.8  0.19 144
19521          05:59:27.1 +31:22:52 16.5       144
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 19521, (2022/12/25 16:36UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 23.49 167
Alnath         05:26:17.5 +28:36:23  1.6  7.39 137
PPM 071002     05:54:58.9 +31:42:02  5.9  0.71 143
PPM 071093     06:00:19.6 +31:56:26  7.9  0.75 144
PPM 071032     05:56:57.6 +31:01:16  9.6  0.42 144
PPM 071041     05:57:21.4 +31:14:31 10.8  0.19 144
19521          05:57:57.7 +31:22:50 16.5       144
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/15 20:16:23 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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