RECON: TNO occultation with 12GX17

Event between 12GX17 and star GA0800:04456790 with event index number of 2155033

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/07/30 05:11:32 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:59:52.6 -09:44:21
Equinox of date position of star is 14:01:08.7 -09:51:15
Stellar brightness G=14.3, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 146 degrees from the moon. Moon is 28% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.6

Object is 36.4 AU from the Sun and 36.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 6.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1533 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4741 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.8
Diameter=166.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 24.1 sec chord
Diameter=67.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 12GX17, (2024/07/30 05:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:29.5 -11:17:20  1.0  8.64 139
95 Vir         14:08:01.1 -09:25:47  5.3  1.74 148
PPM 228049     13:57:54.5 -10:09:13  8.1  0.86 146
PPM 197085     14:01:01.7 -09:45:45  9.1  0.10 146
12GX17         14:01:11.0 -09:51:27 14.3       147
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 12GX17, (2024/07/30 05:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0  8.64 139
95 Vir         14:06:42.6 -09:18:48  5.3  1.74 148
PPM 228049     13:56:36.1 -10:02:03  8.1  0.86 146
PPM 197085     13:59:43.3 -09:38:39  9.1  0.10 146
12GX17         13:59:52.6 -09:44:21 14.3       146
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/08 05:25:09 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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