RECON: TNO occultation with 278361

Event between (278361) 07JJ43 and star GA0640:13639848 with event index number of 2181247

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/02/27 16:28:05 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:20:17.3 -25:50:06
Equinox of date position of star is 17:21:42.7 -25:51:24
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 172 degrees from the moon. Moon is 54% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.8

Object is 40.7 AU from the Sun and 40.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 11.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 829 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3171 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.5
Diameter=758.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 64.4 sec chord
Diameter=309.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 26.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 278361, (2023/02/27 16:28UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:49.9 -26:28:53  0.9 11.43 177
23Tau Sco      16:37:19.7 -28:15:43  2.8 10.17 177
PPM 266746     17:23:06.9 -24:55:39  6.5  0.98 171
PPM 266738     17:22:56.5 -26:21:33  8.4  0.57 171
PPM 266713     17:22:14.3 -25:52:19  9.9  0.12 172
278361         17:21:43.3 -25:51:25 16.0       171
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 278361, (2023/02/27 16:28UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 11.43 177
23Tau Sco      16:35:52.9 -28:12:58  2.8 10.17 177
PPM 266746     17:21:41.5 -24:54:23  6.5  0.98 171
PPM 266738     17:21:30.2 -26:20:17  8.4  0.57 171
PPM 266713     17:20:48.3 -25:51:02  9.9  0.12 172
278361         17:20:17.3 -25:50:06 16.0       172
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/08 03:30:52 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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