RECON: TNO occultation with 98KS65

Event between 98KS65 and star GA0780:22004622 with event index number of 2428328

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/10/16 14:24:04 UTC

J2000 position of star is 22:21:58.4 -11:12:17
Equinox of date position of star is 22:23:07.6 -11:05:41
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 5 degrees from the moon. Moon is 84% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.1

TNO is 42.5 AU from the Sun and 41.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 747 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4464 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.7
Diameter=176.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.4 sec chord
Diameter=71.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 98KS65, (2021/10/16 14:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:51.0 -29:30:23  1.2 20.21  16
42 Aqr         22:17:57.9 -12:43:19  5.1  2.06   6
PPM 240220     22:25:40.2 -11:02:44  8.1  0.63   5
PPM 240162     22:22:58.1 -11:06:01  9.5  0.04   5
98KS65         22:23:07.8 -11:05:39 16.7         5
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 98KS65, (2021/10/16 14:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 20.21  16
42 Aqr         22:16:48.0 -12:49:53  5.1  2.06   6
PPM 240220     22:24:30.9 -11:09:23  8.1  0.63   5
PPM 240162     22:21:48.7 -11:12:39  9.5  0.04   5
98KS65         22:21:58.4 -11:12:17 16.7         5
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/09/20 23:56:41 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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