RECON: TNO occultation with 15DW224

Event between 15DW224 and star GA0880:04391015 with event index number of 1978472

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/05/30 23:14:55 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:59:56.6 -01:38:29
Equinox of date position of star is 15:01:03.0 -01:43:32
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 144 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.3

TNO is 38.8 AU from the Sun and 37.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 111 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2388 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.4
Diameter=307.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.1 sec chord
Diameter=125.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 15DW224, (2022/05/30 23:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:16:41.1 +19:04:02  0.0 23.49 122
27Bet Lib      15:18:13.0 -09:27:51  2.6  8.83 152
PPM 179433     14:58:42.3 -00:15:24  5.5  1.59 143
PPM 179455     15:02:29.8 -02:50:33  7.7  1.17 145
PPM 179449     15:01:11.9 -01:57:37  9.8  0.23 144
15DW224        15:01:06.2 -01:43:46 16.0       145
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 15DW224, (2022/05/30 23:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:15:38.0 +19:10:14  0.0 23.49 122
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  8.83 152
PPM 179433     14:57:33.3 -00:10:04  5.5  1.59 143
PPM 179455     15:01:19.9 -02:45:18  7.7  1.17 145
PPM 179449     15:00:02.2 -01:52:21  9.8  0.23 144
15DW224        14:59:56.6 -01:38:29 16.0       144
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/05/25 23:37:14 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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