RECON: TNO occultation with 10370

Event between (10370) Hylonome and star GA0720:31991085 with event index number of 1089917

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/06/29 16:59:55 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:29:24.4 -17:49:12
Equinox of date position of star is 19:30:41.6 -17:46:21
Stellar brightness G=14.4, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 169 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6

TNO is 25.3 AU from the Sun and 24.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 22.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1840 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5935 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.6
Diameter=114.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.0 sec chord
Diameter=46.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10370, (2022/06/29 17:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:47.4 -26:28:48  0.9 42.35 146
Nunki          18:56:39.5 -26:16:00  2.0 11.59 178
44Rho1Sgr      19:22:58.5 -17:48:11  4.0  1.84 170
PPM 236074     19:31:21.2 -17:30:47  8.5  0.30 169
PPM 236046     19:30:33.6 -17:56:53  9.0  0.18 170
10370          19:30:42.4 -17:46:20 14.4       169
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 10370, (2022/06/29 17:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 42.35 146
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0 11.59 178
44Rho1Sgr      19:21:40.3 -17:50:50  4.0  1.84 170
PPM 236074     19:30:03.2 -17:33:41  8.5  0.30 169
PPM 236046     19:29:15.4 -17:59:45  9.0  0.18 170
10370          19:29:24.4 -17:49:12 14.4       169
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/04/02 01:11:51 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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