RECON: TNO occultation with 02GW32

Event between 02GW32 and star GA0640:09346434 with event index number of 2794181

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/08/02 21:06:22 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:53:42.3 -24:50:54
Equinox of date position of star is 16:55:08.8 -24:53:07
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 71 degrees from the moon. Moon is 98% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.1

Object is 37.0 AU from the Sun and 36.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 12.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1793 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2269 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=212.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.7 sec chord
Diameter=86.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:4E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 02GW32, (2023/08/02 21:06UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:51.4 -26:28:56  0.9  5.70  76
23Tau Sco      16:37:21.3 -28:15:46  2.8  5.22  74
26 Oph         17:01:36.4 -25:01:23  5.8  1.47  70
PPM 266130     16:56:23.5 -24:32:41  8.2  0.44  71
PPM 266073     16:53:51.8 -24:44:24 10.0  0.33  71
PPM 266093     16:55:01.6 -25:09:23 10.1  0.27  71
02GW32         16:55:08.9 -24:53:07 15.4        71
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 02GW32, (2023/08/02 21:06UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  5.70  76
23Tau Sco      16:35:52.9 -28:12:58  2.8  5.22  74
26 Oph         17:00:09.6 -24:59:22  5.8  1.47  70
PPM 266130     16:54:57.2 -24:30:30  8.2  0.44  71
PPM 266073     16:52:25.3 -24:42:08 10.0  0.33  71
PPM 266093     16:53:34.9 -25:07:09 10.1  0.27  71
02GW32         16:53:42.3 -24:50:54 15.4        71
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/07/27 03:49:06 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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