RECON: TNO occultation with 437360

Event between (437360) 13TV158 and star GA0820:00280256 with event index number of 2291681

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/11/05 00:23:08 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:35:08.6 -06:26:38
Equinox of date position of star is 03:36:13.4 -06:22:19
Stellar brightness G=14.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 52 degrees from the moon. Moon is 87% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.1

TNO is 36.5 AU from the Sun and 35.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 68 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1435 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.4
Diameter=317.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.2 sec chord
Diameter=129.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 437360, (2022/11/05 00:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:38.2 -08:10:37  0.1 24.70  76
Menkar         03:03:28.6 +04:10:41  2.5 13.35  44
PPM 186012     03:39:36.3 -07:19:08  5.9  1.26  52
PPM 185927     03:35:23.4 -06:26:44  8.1  0.23  51
PPM 185939     03:35:50.9 -06:19:26  9.1  0.11  52
437360         03:36:16.1 -06:22:08 14.5        52
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 437360, (2022/11/05 00:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1 24.70  76
Menkar         03:02:16.8 +04:05:21  2.5 13.35  44
PPM 186012     03:38:29.3 -07:23:32  5.9  1.26  52
PPM 185927     03:34:15.9 -06:31:14  8.1  0.23  51
PPM 185939     03:34:43.4 -06:23:56  9.1  0.11  52
437360         03:35:08.6 -06:26:38 14.5        52
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/12/09 01:26:38 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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