RECON: TNO occultation with 01HA59

Event between 01HA59 and star GA0700:06162988 with event index number of 1948582

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/06/06 11:01:17 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:05:30.3 -19:46:58
Equinox of date position of star is 16:06:53.7 -19:50:46
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 167 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.1

Object is 46.0 AU from the Sun and 45.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 854 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5021 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=299.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.3 sec chord
Diameter=122.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 01HA59, (2024/06/06 11:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:54.6 -26:29:03  0.9  8.62 174
8Bet1Sco       16:06:51.7 -19:52:13  2.6  0.03 167
8Bet2Sco       16:06:52.1 -19:52:00  5.1  0.02 167
PPM 231181     16:07:10.2 -19:44:45  7.9  0.12 167
8Bet2Sco       16:06:52.1 -19:52:00  5.1  0.02 167
01HA59         16:06:55.8 -19:50:52 16.1       167
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 01HA59, (2024/06/06 11:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  8.62 174
8Bet1Sco       16:05:26.2 -19:48:20  2.6  0.03 167
8Bet2Sco       16:05:26.7 -19:48:07  5.1  0.02 167
PPM 231181     16:05:44.8 -19:40:53  7.9  0.12 167
8Bet2Sco       16:05:26.7 -19:48:07  5.1  0.02 167
01HA59         16:05:30.3 -19:46:58 16.1       167
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/04 04:12:55 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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