RECON: TNO occultation with 12HW87

Event between 12HW87 and star GA0740:11721697 with event index number of 2156241

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/05/26 15:54:43 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:47:01.2 -14:05:58
Equinox of date position of star is 17:48:16.9 -14:06:22
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 116 degrees from the moon. Moon is 13% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9

TNO is 34.0 AU from the Sun and 33.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 20.9 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 341 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2034 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.6
Diameter=184.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.8 sec chord
Diameter=75.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 12HW87, (2022/05/26 15:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:47.1 -26:28:47  0.9 21.94 132
35Eta Oph      17:11:39.9 -15:45:04  2.6  9.00 125
PPM 233599     17:48:53.5 -14:43:57  5.9  0.64 116
PPM 233574     17:47:36.1 -14:05:19  8.5  0.17 116
12HW87         17:48:17.6 -14:06:23 16.1       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 12HW87, (2022/05/26 15:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 21.94 132
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  9.00 125
PPM 233599     17:47:36.7 -14:43:34  5.9  0.64 116
PPM 233574     17:46:19.8 -14:04:54  8.5  0.17 116
12HW87         17:47:01.2 -14:05:58 16.1       116
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/14 01:02:36 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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