RECON: TNO occultation with 03SR317

Event between 03SR317 and star GA0940:00147725 with event index number of 2003257

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/10/23 15:09:47 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:42:25.5 +05:56:57
Equinox of date position of star is 01:43:35.1 +06:03:38
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 162 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.5

TNO is 38.6 AU from the Sun and 37.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 25.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 484 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4628 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.7
Diameter=175.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.0 sec chord
Diameter=71.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 03SR317, (2022/10/23 15:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:13.9 +16:33:12  0.8 43.73 118
68Omi Cet      02:20:30.0 -02:52:30  2.0 12.83 153
106Nu Psc      01:42:37.3 +05:36:08  4.4  0.52 162
PPM 144799     01:37:52.8 +06:50:01  8.0  1.62 163
PPM 144905     01:43:52.6 +06:01:01  9.5  0.08 162
03SR317        01:43:37.0 +06:03:49 15.9       161
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 03SR317, (2022/10/23 15:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 43.73 118
68Omi Cet      02:19:20.8 -02:58:45  2.0 12.83 153
106Nu Psc      01:41:25.9 +05:29:15  4.4  0.52 162
PPM 144799     01:36:41.2 +06:43:04  8.0  1.62 163
PPM 144905     01:42:41.1 +05:54:09  9.5  0.08 162
03SR317        01:42:25.5 +05:56:57 15.9       162
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/13 02:17:08 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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