RECON: TNO occultation with 418993

Event between (418993) 09MS9 and star GA0800:00308957 with event index number of 2217302

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/10/09 23:38:49 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:54:19.9 -08:36:36
Equinox of date position of star is 03:55:22.9 -08:32:51
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 150 degrees from the moon. Moon is 17% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6

TNO is 18.7 AU from the Sun and 18.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 25.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 7.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 38 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 873 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.7
Diameter=67.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.6 sec chord
Diameter=27.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 418993, (2021/10/09 23:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:35.1 -08:10:41  0.1 19.84 147
Menkar         03:03:25.2 +04:10:26  2.5 18.16 156
23Del Eri      03:44:17.6 -09:41:28  3.5  2.97 148
PPM 186278     03:53:40.6 -08:25:42  8.4  0.44 150
PPM 186325     03:55:44.6 -08:37:37  9.6  0.12 150
418993         03:55:23.1 -08:32:50 15.4       150
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 418993, (2021/10/09 23:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1 19.84 147
Menkar         03:02:16.8 +04:05:21  2.5 18.16 156
23Del Eri      03:43:14.8 -09:45:32  3.5  2.97 148
PPM 186278     03:52:37.3 -08:29:31  8.4  0.44 150
PPM 186325     03:54:41.5 -08:41:23  9.6  0.12 150
418993         03:54:19.9 -08:36:36 15.4       150
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/09/12 01:25:58 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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