RECON: TNO occultation with 03YJ179

Event between 03YJ179 and star GA1140:02226309 with event index number of 2006396

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/11/05 14:48:03 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:26:33.0 +24:36:48
Equinox of date position of star is 06:27:56.8 +24:35:54
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 87 degrees from the moon. Moon is 91% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.1

TNO is 40.4 AU from the Sun and 39.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 13.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1050 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5165 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=247.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.4 sec chord
Diameter=101.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 03YJ179, (2022/11/05 14:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:42.7 +27:58:09  1.1 17.95 105
Alhena         06:39:01.9 +16:22:40  1.9  8.62  90
PPM 095919     06:26:08.2 +25:02:05  6.3  0.60  87
PPM 095926     06:26:24.9 +24:17:16  8.5  0.47  87
PPM 095966     06:27:41.5 +24:42:04  9.4  0.12  87
03YJ179        06:27:57.1 +24:35:54 16.6        88
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 03YJ179, (2022/11/05 14:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 17.95 105
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9  8.62  90
PPM 095919     06:24:43.7 +25:02:55  6.3  0.60  87
PPM 095926     06:25:00.9 +24:18:07  8.5  0.47  87
PPM 095966     06:26:17.3 +24:42:58  9.4  0.12  87
03YJ179        06:26:33.0 +24:36:48 16.6        87
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/09/30 04:13:23 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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