RECON: TNO occultation with 547893

Event between (547893) 10WN75 and star GA0860:00974967 with event index number of 2398967

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/09/20 13:09:52 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:11:09.8 -03:19:07
Equinox of date position of star is 06:12:16.4 -03:19:30
Stellar brightness G=14.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 39 degrees from the moon. Moon is 26% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.6

TNO is 37.2 AU from the Sun and 37.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 99 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1983 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.7
Diameter=436.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 30.0 sec chord
Diameter=178.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 12.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 547893, (2022/09/20 13:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:24.2 +07:24:34  0.4 11.44  34
Saiph          05:48:50.1 -09:39:48  2.1  8.61  47
PPM 188936     06:15:02.1 -03:44:57  5.8  0.80  39
PPM 188902     06:13:14.5 -03:46:37  8.5  0.51  39
PPM 188889     06:12:26.1 -03:25:28  9.0  0.10  39
547893         06:12:17.9 -03:19:31 14.4        39
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 547893, (2022/09/20 13:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 11.44  34
Saiph          05:47:45.4 -09:40:11  2.1  8.61  47
PPM 188936     06:13:54.2 -03:44:29  5.8  0.80  39
PPM 188902     06:12:06.6 -03:46:12  8.5  0.51  39
PPM 188889     06:11:18.0 -03:25:04  9.0  0.10  39
547893         06:11:09.8 -03:19:07 14.4        39
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/16 00:58:19 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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