RECON: TNO occultation with 03HO57

Event between 03HO57 and star GA0700:05677869 with event index number of 2002932

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/01/23 11:18:33 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:12:26.9 -18:42:18
Equinox of date position of star is 15:13:45.5 -18:47:25
Stellar brightness G=13.1, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 95 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=24.1

Object is 39.1 AU from the Sun and 39.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 14.6 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 1011 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5305 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.0
Diameter=152.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.5 sec chord
Diameter=62.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 03HO57, (2023/01/23 11:19UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:49.5 -26:28:52  0.9 19.34  76
27Bet Lib      15:18:15.1 -09:28:00  2.6  9.39  97
28 Lib         15:22:12.4 -18:14:27  6.4  2.08  93
PPM 229890     15:13:30.9 -19:11:32  6.6  0.41  95
PPM 229906     15:14:02.9 -18:54:11  9.3  0.13  95
03HO57         15:13:45.6 -18:47:26 13.1        95
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 03HO57, (2023/01/23 11:19UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 19.34  76
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  9.39  97
28 Lib         15:20:53.7 -18:09:32  6.4  2.08  93
PPM 229890     15:12:12.0 -19:06:24  6.6  0.41  95
PPM 229906     15:12:44.1 -18:49:04  9.3  0.13  95
03HO57         15:12:26.9 -18:42:18 13.1        95
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/07 03:18:26 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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