RECON: TNO occultation with 99JD132

Event between 99JD132 and star GA0640:07137021 with event index number of 2438494

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/09/20 23:05:46 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:47:49.6 -25:25:32
Equinox of date position of star is 15:49:09.7 -25:29:34
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 119 degrees from the moon. Moon is 23% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.3

TNO is 44.0 AU from the Sun and 44.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 554 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4385 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.7
Diameter=177.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.6 sec chord
Diameter=72.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 99JD132, (2022/09/20 23:06UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:48.3 -26:28:50  0.9  9.40 129
7Del Sco       16:01:40.9 -22:41:04  2.3  4.00 121
1 Sco          15:52:21.0 -25:49:07  4.4  0.78 120
PPM 264699     15:49:25.2 -25:17:04  7.5  0.22 119
99JD132        15:49:11.6 -25:29:40 16.3       120
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 99JD132, (2022/09/20 23:06UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  9.40 129
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3  4.00 121
1 Sco          15:50:58.8 -25:45:06  4.4  0.78 120
PPM 264699     15:48:03.3 -25:12:57  7.5  0.22 119
99JD132        15:47:49.6 -25:25:32 16.3       119
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/16 00:58:21 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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