RECON: TNO occultation with 585913

Event between (585913) 20QQ7 and star GA0920:18176438 with event index number of 2530949

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/11/23 11:42:35 UTC

J2000 position of star is 23:51:16.9 +02:09:07
Equinox of date position of star is 23:52:24.2 +02:16:25
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 107 degrees from the moon. Moon is 86% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.0

TNO is 14.1 AU from the Sun and 13.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 7.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 73 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 538 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.3
Diameter=81.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.7 sec chord
Diameter=33.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 585913, (2021/11/23 11:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:51.3 -29:30:21  1.2 34.26 130
Algenib        00:14:22.0 +15:18:19  2.8 14.11  96
25 Psc         23:54:12.1 +02:12:45  6.2  0.45 106
PPM 174486     23:52:14.1 +02:21:35  8.1  0.10 107
585913         23:52:24.2 +02:16:26 16.1       106
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 585913, (2021/11/23 11:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 34.26 130
Algenib        00:13:14.2 +15:11:01  2.8 14.11  96
25 Psc         23:53:04.8 +02:05:27  6.2  0.45 106
PPM 174486     23:51:06.8 +02:14:16  8.1  0.10 107
585913         23:51:16.9 +02:09:07 16.1       107
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/11/15 00:43:05 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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