RECON: TNO occultation with 15BH518

Event between 15BH518 and star GA0780:04168731 with event index number of 2642307

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/03/24 03:07:02 UTC

J2000 position of star is 11:58:04.1 -11:37:14
Equinox of date position of star is 11:59:12.4 -11:44:39
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 75 degrees from the moon. Moon is 63% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.1

TNO is 25.6 AU from the Sun and 24.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 91 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1406 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.1
Diameter=144.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.1 sec chord
Diameter=59.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 15BH518, (2022/03/24 03:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:22.0 -11:16:36  1.0 21.35  55
4Gam Crv       12:16:57.1 -17:39:55  2.6  7.31  68
PPM 225208     12:00:17.7 -10:35:58  6.4  1.18  75
PPM 225157     11:58:31.4 -11:55:41  8.3  0.25  75
PPM 225201     11:59:51.3 -11:45:30  9.4  0.16  74
15BH518        11:59:12.4 -11:44:40 16.4        74
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 15BH518, (2022/03/24 03:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 21.35  55
4Gam Crv       12:15:48.1 -17:32:30  2.6  7.31  68
PPM 225208     11:59:09.3 -10:28:33  6.4  1.18  75
PPM 225157     11:57:23.1 -11:48:15  8.3  0.25  75
PPM 225201     11:58:43.0 -11:38:04  9.4  0.16  74
15BH518        11:58:04.1 -11:37:14 16.4        75
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/15 00:59:37 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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