RECON: TNO occultation with 8405

Event between (8405) Asbolus and star GA1300:03058054 with event index number of 1242376

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/01/16 22:53:07 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:43:26.8 +41:28:28
Equinox of date position of star is 05:45:04.8 +41:29:00
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 139 degrees from the moon. Moon is 31% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.2

Object is 24.5 AU from the Sun and 23.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 113 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1128 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.2
Diameter=91.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.8 sec chord
Diameter=37.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 8405, (2023/01/16 22:53UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:43.5 +27:58:07  1.1 28.20 116
34Bet Aur      06:01:13.2 +44:56:50  1.9  4.54 135
PPM 048445     05:48:53.8 +42:31:59  6.3  1.27 138
PPM 048383     05:44:52.2 +41:42:17  7.3  0.22 139
PPM 048390     05:45:09.4 +41:28:03 10.2  0.02 139
8405           05:45:04.8 +41:29:00 16.7       139
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 8405, (2023/01/16 22:53UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 28.20 116
34Bet Aur      05:59:31.6 +44:56:51  1.9  4.54 135
PPM 048445     05:47:14.7 +42:31:34  6.3  1.27 138
PPM 048383     05:43:13.9 +41:41:45  7.3  0.22 139
PPM 048390     05:43:31.4 +41:27:32 10.2  0.02 139
8405           05:43:26.8 +41:28:28 16.7       139
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/09 03:27:06 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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