RECON: TNO occultation with 10JE215

Event between 10JE215 and star GA0720:24308582 with event index number of 2091119

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/03/01 10:10:33 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:32:54.2 -17:15:24
Equinox of date position of star is 18:34:14.4 -17:14:16
Stellar brightness G=14.2, 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 70% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.1

Object is 28.4 AU from the Sun and 28.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 493 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1674 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.3
Diameter=133.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.3 sec chord
Diameter=54.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10JE215, (2023/03/01 10:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:49.9 -26:28:53  0.9 30.00 156
Nunki          18:56:42.0 -26:15:57  2.0 10.42 171
PPM 234652     18:32:47.7 -18:23:05  5.0  1.20 170
PPM 234744     18:36:28.5 -16:57:56  7.8  0.60 168
PPM 234667     18:33:19.4 -17:13:05  9.1  0.22 169
10JE215        18:34:14.9 -17:14:16 14.2       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 10JE215, (2023/03/01 10:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 30.00 156
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0 10.42 171
PPM 234652     18:31:26.3 -18:24:10  5.0  1.20 170
PPM 234744     18:35:07.9 -16:59:08  7.8  0.60 168
PPM 234667     18:31:58.6 -17:14:11  9.1  0.22 169
10JE215        18:32:54.2 -17:15:24 14.2       169
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/07 03:19:12 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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