RECON: TNO occultation with 131695

Event between (131695) 01XS254 and star GA1040:03542639 with event index number of 2781592

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/06/09 19:11:04 UTC

J2000 position of star is 10:21:23.0 +14:08:05
Equinox of date position of star is 10:22:41.1 +14:00:42
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 99 degrees from the moon. Moon is 6% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.4

Object is 36.0 AU from the Sun and 36.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 350 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3985 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.7
Diameter=173.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.2 sec chord
Diameter=70.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 131695, (2029/06/09 19:04UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:56.3 +11:49:20  1.3  3.84  97
42 Leo         10:23:25.1 +14:49:36  6.0  0.85  99
PPM 127317     10:21:27.2 +14:02:12  9.4  0.37  99
PPM 127352     10:24:17.7 +13:50:13 11.1  0.36 100
131695         10:22:57.6 +13:59:08 16.0       100
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 131695, (2029/06/09 19:04UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3  3.84  97
42 Leo         10:21:50.2 +14:58:33  6.0  0.85  99
PPM 127317     10:19:52.5 +14:11:07  9.4  0.37  99
PPM 127352     10:22:43.2 +13:59:12 11.1  0.36 100
131695         10:21:23.0 +14:08:05 16.0        99
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/19 00:51:39 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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