RECON: TNO occultation with 10TP182

Event between 10TP182 and star GA1040:00336400 with event index number of 2104606

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/07/22 05:10:12 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:25:55.5 +15:03:21
Equinox of date position of star is 03:27:12.6 +15:08:07
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 115 degrees from the moon. Moon is 17% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.6

Object is 37.9 AU from the Sun and 38.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 208 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1462 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=288.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.9 sec chord
Diameter=117.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10TP182, (2023/07/22 05:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:16.5 +16:33:17  0.8 16.90  98
Menkar         03:03:30.8 +04:10:51  2.5 12.41 123
PPM 119093     03:28:36.8 +12:48:58  6.5  2.34 115
PPM 119061     03:26:03.7 +15:03:21  8.4  0.30 115
10TP182        03:27:14.5 +15:08:14 16.7       115
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 10TP182, (2023/07/22 05:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 16.90  98
Menkar         03:02:16.8 +04:05:21  2.5 12.41 123
PPM 119093     03:27:18.7 +12:44:07  6.5  2.34 115
PPM 119061     03:24:44.7 +14:58:26  8.4  0.30 115
10TP182        03:25:55.5 +15:03:21 16.7       115
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/12/24 03:43:37 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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