RECON: TNO occultation with 181868

Event between (181868) 99CG119 and star GA0880:03839231 with event index number of 2352858

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/05/07 13:09:17 UTC

J2000 position of star is 10:27:23.6 -01:14:57
Equinox of date position of star is 10:28:37.5 -01:22:22
Stellar brightness G=11.2, use SENSEUP=8 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 125 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 120 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.3

Object is 36.9 AU from the Sun and 36.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 7.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1032 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5775 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.5
Diameter=191.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 27.0 sec chord
Diameter=78.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 181868, (2024/05/07 13:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:40.0 +11:50:50  1.3 14.04 110
30Bet Sex      10:31:32.1 -00:45:46  4.8  0.95 120
PPM 178192     10:29:38.9 -01:14:55  8.5  0.28 120
PPM 178189     10:28:57.5 -01:19:23 10.7  0.10 120
181868         10:28:38.2 -01:22:27 11.2       120
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 181868, (2024/05/07 13:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 14.04 110
30Bet Sex      10:30:17.4 -00:38:14  4.8  0.95 120
PPM 178192     10:28:24.2 -01:07:25  8.5  0.28 120
PPM 178189     10:27:42.9 -01:11:53 10.7  0.10 120
181868         10:27:23.6 -01:14:57 11.2       120
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/12 04:21:46 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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