RECON: TNO occultation with 12UN177

Event between 12UN177 and star GA1260:00648323 with event index number of 2307107

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/07/29 23:15:37 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:57:04.1 +36:28:24
Equinox of date position of star is 02:58:26.3 +36:33:36
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 86 degrees from the moon. Moon is 2% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.3

TNO is 36.3 AU from the Sun and 36.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 141 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2917 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.5
Diameter=186.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.8 sec chord
Diameter=76.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 12UN177, (2022/07/29 23:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:13.1 +16:33:10  0.8 29.62  71
Algol          03:09:38.8 +41:02:28  2.1  4.98  83
24 Per         03:00:28.1 +35:16:20  4.9  1.35  86
PPM 068001     03:01:46.6 +36:28:35  8.0  0.67  86
PPM 067921     02:57:11.1 +36:29:19 10.0  0.27  87
PPM 067934     02:57:55.9 +36:46:17 11.0  0.24  86
12UN177        02:58:29.1 +36:33:47 16.8        86
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 12UN177, (2022/07/29 23:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 29.62  71
Algol          03:08:10.1 +40:57:20  2.1  4.98  83
24 Per         02:59:03.6 +35:10:59  4.9  1.35  86
PPM 068001     03:00:21.3 +36:23:17  8.0  0.67  86
PPM 067921     02:55:46.1 +36:23:54 10.0  0.27  87
PPM 067934     02:56:30.7 +36:40:53 11.0  0.24  86
12UN177        02:57:04.1 +36:28:24 16.8        86
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/26 23:53:49 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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