RECON: TNO occultation with 07LJ38

Event between 07LJ38 and star GA0880:07542295 with event index number of 2028787

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/08/13 19:56:03 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:17:03.3 -00:37:57
Equinox of date position of star is 18:18:13.8 -00:37:22
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 40 degrees from the moon. Moon is 62% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.3

TNO is 38.8 AU from the Sun and 38.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 200 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3473 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=210.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.7 sec chord
Diameter=86.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 07LJ38, (2024/08/13 19:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:55.3 -26:29:04  0.9 36.55   5
60Bet Oph      17:44:41.4 +04:33:32  2.8  9.87  38
PPM 201570     18:18:10.6 -02:59:55  5.9  2.38  38
PPM 180289     18:19:22.0 -01:19:08  7.9  0.74  39
PPM 180290     18:19:38.7 -00:51:16  9.1  0.40  40
PPM 180280     18:17:20.0 -00:27:51 10.8  0.29  39
07LJ38         18:18:19.4 -00:37:19 15.4        40
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 07LJ38, (2024/08/13 19:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 36.55   5
60Bet Oph      17:43:28.3 +04:34:06  2.8  9.87  38
PPM 201570     18:16:53.1 -03:00:33  5.9  2.38  38
PPM 180289     18:18:05.5 -01:19:48  7.9  0.74  39
PPM 180290     18:18:22.5 -00:51:57  9.1  0.40  40
PPM 180280     18:16:04.0 -00:28:26 10.8  0.29  39
07LJ38         18:17:03.3 -00:37:57 15.4        40
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/21 03:24:06 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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