RECON: TNO occultation with 29981

Event between (29981) 99TD10 and star GA1060:02788393 with event index number of 1302900

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/03/14 11:01:43 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:23:49.3 +16:12:31
Equinox of date position of star is 07:25:12.2 +16:09:37
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 60 degrees from the moon. Moon is 22% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=24.5

Object is 35.9 AU from the Sun and 35.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 9.9 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 476 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4216 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.8
Diameter=109.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.6 sec chord
Diameter=44.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 29981, (2024/03/14 11:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:47.7 +27:57:57  1.1 12.82  62
Alhena         06:39:06.6 +16:22:36  1.9 11.06  49
PPM 124054     07:30:09.7 +15:03:30  6.1  1.62  62
PPM 123951     07:25:11.3 +16:37:35  8.3  0.47  60
PPM 123935     07:24:34.2 +15:56:20  8.9  0.27  60
PPM 123960     07:25:30.8 +15:59:48 10.5  0.18  60
29981          07:25:12.5 +16:09:36 15.4        60
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 29981, (2024/03/14 11:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 12.82  62
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9 11.06  49
PPM 124054     07:28:47.3 +15:06:35  6.1  1.62  62
PPM 123951     07:23:47.9 +16:40:30  8.3  0.47  60
PPM 123935     07:23:11.1 +15:59:13  8.9  0.27  60
PPM 123960     07:24:07.7 +16:02:43 10.5  0.18  60
29981          07:23:49.3 +16:12:31 15.4        60
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/12 04:18:54 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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