RECON: TNO occultation with 84922

Event between (84922) 03VS2 and star GA1200:02121248 with event index number of 2405173

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/12/20 21:47:01 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:57:04.6 +31:55:27
Equinox of date position of star is 05:58:38.1 +31:55:32
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 76 degrees from the moon. Moon is 63% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.6

Object is 36.9 AU from the Sun and 35.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 25.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 105 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1466 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.0
Diameter=968.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 37.9 sec chord
Diameter=395.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 15.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 84922, (2023/12/20 21:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:46.8 +27:57:59  1.1 23.70 100
Alnath         05:27:48.6 +28:37:31  1.6  7.43  69
PPM 071002     05:56:32.4 +31:42:10  5.9  0.50  76
PPM 071093     06:01:53.2 +31:56:24  7.9  0.69  77
PPM 071002     05:56:32.4 +31:42:10  5.9  0.50  76
PPM 071029     05:58:27.9 +32:02:16 10.9  0.12  76
84922          05:58:38.2 +31:55:32 16.7        77
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 84922, (2023/12/20 21:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 23.70 100
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6  7.43  69
PPM 071002     05:54:58.9 +31:42:02  5.9  0.50  76
PPM 071093     06:00:19.6 +31:56:26  7.9  0.69  77
PPM 071002     05:54:58.9 +31:42:02  5.9  0.50  76
PPM 071029     05:56:54.1 +32:02:11 10.9  0.12  76
84922          05:57:04.6 +31:55:27 16.7        76
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/06 05:55:34 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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