RECON: TNO occultation with 12LB27

Event between 12LB27 and star GA1000:19059037 with event index number of 2429242

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/07/29 13:48:13 UTC

J2000 position of star is 21:17:38.0 +10:39:12
Equinox of date position of star is 21:18:44.4 +10:45:00
Stellar brightness G=14.1, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 68 degrees from the moon. Moon is 86% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.8

TNO is 15.8 AU from the Sun and 15.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 62 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 640 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.7
Diameter=69.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.5 sec chord
Diameter=28.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 12LB27, (2023/07/29 13:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:42:14.2 +45:21:56  1.3 35.49  85
Tarazed        19:47:22.8 +10:40:20  2.7 22.45  51
PPM 139919     21:20:00.5 +11:18:13  6.0  0.63  69
PPM 139880     21:18:32.9 +10:49:30  9.8  0.09  68
12LB27         21:18:46.7 +10:45:11 14.1        69
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 12LB27, (2023/07/29 13:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:41:25.9 +45:16:49  1.3 35.49  85
Tarazed        19:46:15.6 +10:36:48  2.7 22.45  51
PPM 139919     21:18:52.1 +11:12:12  6.0  0.63  69
PPM 139880     21:17:24.3 +10:43:31  9.8  0.09  68
12LB27         21:17:38.0 +10:39:12 14.1        68
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/24 03:56:16 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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