RECON: TNO occultation with 437360

Event between (437360) 13TV158 and star GA0820:00364145 with event index number of 2692181

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/02/02 08:10:03 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:20:45.9 -07:21:16
Equinox of date position of star is 04:21:55.7 -07:17:55
Stellar brightness G=17.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 109 degrees from the moon. Moon is 87% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

Object is 36.9 AU from the Sun and 36.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 12.5 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 171 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2078 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.4
Diameter=316.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 25.5 sec chord
Diameter=129.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 437360, (2029/02/02 08:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:56.2 -08:10:13  0.1 13.35  95
67Bet Eri      05:09:16.9 -05:03:03  2.8 11.92  97
PPM 186813     04:22:04.4 -06:10:44  6.5  1.11 109
PPM 186788     04:20:27.6 -07:21:17  8.1  0.43 109
PPM 186812     04:21:49.5 -07:19:57  9.4  0.10 109
437360         04:22:10.8 -07:17:13 17.0       108
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 437360, (2029/02/02 08:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1 13.35  95
67Bet Eri      05:07:50.8 -05:05:13  2.8 11.92  97
PPM 186813     04:20:38.8 -06:14:47  6.5  1.11 109
PPM 186788     04:19:02.7 -07:25:24  8.1  0.43 109
PPM 186812     04:20:24.7 -07:24:01  9.4  0.10 109
437360         04:20:45.9 -07:21:16 17.0       109
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/09 04:38:38 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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