RECON: TNO occultation with 15KB175

Event between 15KB175 and star GA0740:06103253 with event index number of 1953208

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/04/09 19:10:02 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:32:19.4 -15:36:42
Equinox of date position of star is 16:33:34.1 -15:39:24
Stellar brightness G=15.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 145 degrees from the moon. Moon is 2% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.8

TNO is 37.6 AU from the Sun and 37.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 425 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2633 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=238.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.6 sec chord
Diameter=97.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 15KB175, (2024/04/09 19:28UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:54.0 -26:29:01  0.9 10.84 145
13Zet Oph      16:38:29.9 -10:36:52  2.6  5.18 143
8Phi Oph       16:32:32.0 -16:39:49  4.0  1.04 146
PPM 231822     16:34:01.4 -16:02:18  7.5  0.38 145
PPM 231831     16:34:24.2 -15:34:05  9.3  0.19 145
15KB175        16:33:42.5 -15:39:42 15.7       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 15KB175, (2024/04/09 19:28UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 10.84 145
13Zet Oph      16:37:09.6 -10:34:01  2.6  5.18 143
8Phi Oph       16:31:08.3 -16:36:47  4.0  1.04 146
PPM 231822     16:32:38.1 -15:59:18  7.5  0.38 145
PPM 231831     16:33:01.1 -15:31:06  9.3  0.19 145
15KB175        16:32:19.4 -15:36:42 15.7       145
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/25 00:02:26 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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