RECON: TNO occultation with 480017

Event between (480017) 14QB442 and star GA0980:00195684 with event index number of 1080008

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/07/09 06:13:53 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:17:34.5 +08:39:32
Equinox of date position of star is 02:18:41.7 +08:45:20
Stellar brightness G=10.5, use SENSEUP=4 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 125 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 64 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5

TNO is 41.0 AU from the Sun and 41.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 139 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1653 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=346.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 24.0 sec chord
Diameter=141.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 480017, (2021/07/09 06:14UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:09.5 +16:33:03  0.8 34.60  30
68Omi Cet      02:20:26.1 -02:52:52  2.0 11.65  68
65Xi 1Cet      02:14:08.6 +08:56:48  4.4  1.15  65
PPM 145474     02:19:50.1 +08:16:45  7.7  0.55  64
PPM 145479     02:20:08.2 +08:45:19  9.8  0.35  63
PPM 145458     02:18:40.1 +09:01:45 10.9  0.27  63
480017         02:18:43.2 +08:45:28 10.5        63
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 480017, (2021/07/09 06:14UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 34.60  30
68Omi Cet      02:19:20.8 -02:58:45  2.0 11.65  68
65Xi 1Cet      02:13:00.0 +08:50:48  4.4  1.15  65
PPM 145474     02:18:41.6 +08:10:51  7.7  0.55  64
PPM 145479     02:18:59.5 +08:39:26  9.8  0.35  63
PPM 145458     02:17:31.3 +08:55:49 10.9  0.27  63
480017         02:17:34.5 +08:39:32 10.5        64
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/23 20:34:41 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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