RECON: TNO occultation with 15GL56

Event between 15GL56 and star GA0740:05108319 with event index number of 2261587

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/05/29 21:16:28 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:03:01.6 -15:41:03
Equinox of date position of star is 14:04:12.9 -15:47:18
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 114 degrees from the moon. Moon is 60% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.3

TNO is 37.9 AU from the Sun and 37.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 207 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3316 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.5
Diameter=178.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.5 sec chord
Diameter=72.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 15GL56, (2024/05/29 21:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:29.0 -11:17:17  1.0 10.25 124
PPM 228240     14:05:46.5 -15:05:17  6.3  0.79 114
PPM 228260     14:06:28.3 -16:08:30  8.2  0.61 113
PPM 228178     14:03:26.3 -15:45:27  9.8  0.23 114
15GL56         14:04:21.4 -15:48:02 16.1       113
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 15GL56, (2024/05/29 21:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 10.25 124
PPM 228240     14:04:26.9 -14:58:19  6.3  0.79 114
PPM 228260     14:05:08.4 -16:01:32  8.2  0.61 113
PPM 228178     14:02:06.6 -15:38:26  9.8  0.23 114
15GL56         14:03:01.6 -15:41:03 16.1       114
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/27 22:43:01 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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