RECON: TNO occultation with 511130

Event between (511130) 13WV107 and star GA0760:04331343 with event index number of 2262506

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/06/08 05:56:59 UTC

J2000 position of star is 10:11:32.0 -13:07:00
Equinox of date position of star is 10:12:40.5 -13:13:57
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 142 degrees from the moon. Moon is 78% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.9

Object is 11.1 AU from the Sun and 11.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 7.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 36 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 491 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=60.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.7 sec chord
Diameter=24.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 511130, (2023/06/08 05:58UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:37.1 +11:51:06  1.3 25.10 163
Alphard        09:28:44.3 -08:45:41  2.0 11.67 149
41Lam Hya      10:11:43.9 -12:28:14  3.6  0.80 143
PPM 222538     10:10:31.5 -13:28:41  7.2  0.58 142
PPM 222618     10:13:37.5 -13:09:32  9.4  0.24 142
511130         10:12:40.8 -13:13:59 16.8       142
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 511130, (2023/06/08 05:58UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 25.10 163
Alphard        09:27:35.2 -08:39:30  2.0 11.67 149
41Lam Hya      10:10:35.0 -12:21:17  3.6  0.80 143
PPM 222538     10:09:22.9 -13:21:44  7.2  0.58 142
PPM 222618     10:12:28.7 -13:02:33  9.4  0.24 142
511130         10:11:32.0 -13:07:00 16.8       142
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/05/03 03:52:27 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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