RECON: TNO occultation with 15AD298

Event between 15AD298 and star GA0640:00335468 with event index number of 2574693

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/03/23 22:40:58 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:27:49.6 -25:03:38
Equinox of date position of star is 04:28:45.1 -25:00:45
Stellar brightness G=14.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 130 degrees from the moon. Moon is 65% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.0

TNO is 22.0 AU from the Sun and 22.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 29.7 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 103 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2934 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.3
Diameter=133.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.5 sec chord
Diameter=54.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 15AD298, (2022/03/23 22:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:36.4 -08:10:39  0.1 20.20 147
Nihal          05:29:11.9 -20:44:35  2.8 14.55 134
PPM 247556     04:27:53.1 -24:01:59  6.3  1.00 131
PPM 247571     04:28:27.5 -24:24:34  8.3  0.61 130
PPM 247579     04:28:46.9 -24:57:31  9.4  0.05 130
15AD298        04:28:45.2 -25:00:45 14.9       130
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 15AD298, (2022/03/23 22:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1 20.20 147
Nihal          05:28:14.7 -20:45:36  2.8 14.55 134
PPM 247556     04:26:56.9 -24:04:54  6.3  1.00 131
PPM 247571     04:27:31.6 -24:27:28  8.3  0.61 130
PPM 247579     04:27:51.3 -25:00:25  9.4  0.05 130
15AD298        04:27:49.6 -25:03:38 14.9       130
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/15 00:59:36 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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