RECON: TNO occultation with 499514

Event between (499514) 10OO127 and star GA1020:19127536 with event index number of 2324815

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/11/01 15:57:39 UTC

J2000 position of star is 22:16:06.0 +13:27:52
Equinox of date position of star is 22:17:10.0 +13:34:25
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 149 degrees from the moon. Moon is 14% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.3

TNO is 45.0 AU from the Sun and 44.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.7 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 109 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1760 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.7
Diameter=673.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 43.3 sec chord
Diameter=274.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 17.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 499514, (2021/11/01 15:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:42:10.6 +45:21:33  1.3 37.61 113
Markab         23:05:51.0 +15:19:23  2.5 11.91 156
31 Peg         22:22:35.6 +12:18:57  5.0  1.82 151
PPM 141276     22:18:20.7 +13:00:31  7.5  0.63 150
PPM 141269     22:18:08.5 +13:40:22  9.3  0.26 149
PPM 141248     22:16:58.3 +13:40:17 10.3  0.11 149
499514         22:17:10.1 +13:34:26 15.4       149
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 499514, (2021/11/01 15:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:41:25.9 +45:16:49  1.3 37.61 113
Markab         23:04:45.8 +15:12:18  2.5 11.91 156
31 Peg         22:21:31.1 +12:12:19  5.0  1.82 151
PPM 141276     22:17:16.4 +12:53:56  7.5  0.63 150
PPM 141269     22:17:04.4 +13:33:48  9.3  0.26 149
PPM 141248     22:15:54.2 +13:33:44 10.3  0.11 149
499514         22:16:06.0 +13:27:52 15.4       149
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/25 23:20:03 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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