RECON: TNO occultation with 20DD5

Event between 20DD5 and star GA0920:03591519 with event index number of 2414991

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/02/07 01:12:22 UTC

J2000 position of star is 11:38:48.2 +03:08:01
Equinox of date position of star is 11:39:56.7 +03:00:38
Stellar brightness G=14.1, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 104 degrees from the moon. Moon is 12% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.8

TNO is 18.1 AU from the Sun and 17.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 164 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1597 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.1
Diameter=57.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.7 sec chord
Diameter=23.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 20DD5, (2024/02/07 01:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:39.2 +11:50:55  1.3 24.07 128
Denebola       11:50:17.3 +14:26:14  2.1 11.71 107
89 Leo         11:35:36.0 +02:55:34  6.2  1.11 105
PPM 158073     11:40:42.3 +02:42:48  8.4  0.33 104
PPM 158077     11:40:58.1 +02:54:00 11.3  0.25 104
20DD5          11:40:02.5 +03:00:00 14.1       104
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 20DD5, (2024/02/07 01:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 24.07 128
Denebola       11:49:02.8 +14:34:17  2.1 11.71 107
89 Leo         11:34:21.7 +03:03:34  6.2  1.11 105
PPM 158073     11:39:28.1 +02:50:49  8.4  0.33 104
PPM 158077     11:39:43.9 +03:02:01 11.3  0.25 104
20DD5          11:38:48.2 +03:08:01 14.1       104
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/25 00:31:52 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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