RECON: TNO occultation with 12HW87

Event between 12HW87 and star GA0740:10923566 with event index number of 2156271

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/07/03 23:49:47 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:43:27.6 -14:06:49
Equinox of date position of star is 17:44:43.3 -14:07:19
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 109 degrees from the moon. Moon is 21% 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 22.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 303 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2291 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.6
Diameter=184.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.4 sec chord
Diameter=75.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 12HW87, (2022/07/03 23:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:47.5 -26:28:48  0.9 21.25  94
35Eta Oph      17:11:40.2 -15:45:04  2.6  8.15 101
PPM 233599     17:48:53.8 -14:43:57  5.9  1.18 110
PPM 233476     17:43:21.9 -13:56:59  8.3  0.38 109
PPM 233490     17:43:56.5 -13:54:30  9.8  0.29 109
12HW87         17:44:44.4 -14:07:20 16.9       109
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, (2022/07/03 23:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 21.25  94
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  8.15 101
PPM 233599     17:47:36.7 -14:43:34  5.9  1.18 110
PPM 233476     17:42:05.2 -13:56:25  8.3  0.38 109
PPM 233490     17:42:39.9 -13:53:57  9.8  0.29 109
12HW87         17:43:27.6 -14:06:49 16.9       109
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/14 01:05:10 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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