RECON: TNO occultation with 03HF57

Event between 03HF57 and star GA0680:06453832 with event index number of 2580097

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/05/05 01:05:32 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:46:27.8 -20:10:14
Equinox of date position of star is 15:47:49.1 -20:14:30
Stellar brightness G=14.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 23 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=24.1

Object is 35.2 AU from the Sun and 34.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 702 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4954 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.6
Diameter=115.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.0 sec chord
Diameter=47.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 03HF57, (2023/05/05 01:06UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:50.5 -26:28:54  0.9 11.67  34
7Del Sco       16:01:43.1 -22:41:11  2.3  4.05  27
43Kap Lib      15:43:17.7 -19:45:10  4.7  1.17  22
PPM 264684     15:48:41.7 -20:32:27  8.0  0.36  23
PPM 264662     15:47:30.9 -20:34:46  9.8  0.35  23
PPM 230754     15:48:44.2 -20:00:17 10.2  0.32  23
03HF57         15:47:49.2 -20:14:30 14.8        23
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 03HF57, (2023/05/05 01:06UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 11.67  34
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3  4.05  27
43Kap Lib      15:41:56.7 -19:40:46  4.7  1.17  22
PPM 264684     15:47:20.2 -20:28:12  8.0  0.36  23
PPM 264662     15:46:09.3 -20:30:29  9.8  0.35  23
PPM 230754     15:47:22.9 -19:56:03 10.2  0.32  23
03HF57         15:46:27.8 -20:10:14 14.8        23
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/04/18 02:24:41 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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