RECON: TNO occultation with 12HE85

Event between 12HE85 and star GA0700:38053683 with event index number of 2825288

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/07/12 22:17:38 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:42:22.2 -18:39:38
Equinox of date position of star is 19:43:43.3 -18:36:15
Stellar brightness G=15.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 121 degrees from the moon. Moon is 22% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=25.0

Object is 40.4 AU from the Sun and 39.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 813 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4217 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.0
Diameter=96.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.0 sec chord
Diameter=39.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 9:5EEEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 12HE85, (2023/07/12 22:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:51.2 -26:28:56  0.9 44.97 165
Nunki          18:56:43.4 -26:15:55  2.0 13.28 133
PPM 236251     19:38:25.2 -18:10:37  5.7  1.33 122
PPM 236394     19:44:34.4 -19:03:17  8.5  0.49 121
PPM 236372     19:43:48.8 -18:28:03  9.4  0.14 121
12HE85         19:43:44.1 -18:36:13 15.5       120
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 12HE85, (2023/07/12 22:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 44.97 165
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0 13.28 133
PPM 236251     19:37:03.4 -18:13:52  5.7  1.33 122
PPM 236394     19:43:12.3 -19:06:44  8.5  0.49 121
PPM 236372     19:42:26.9 -18:31:29  9.4  0.14 121
12HE85         19:42:22.2 -18:39:38 15.5       121
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/04/19 02:41:04 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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