RECON: TNO occultation with 307251

Event between (307251) 02KW14 and star GA0620:16021623 with event index number of 2295652

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/05/01 07:15:47 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:18:48.6 -26:32:57
Equinox of date position of star is 17:20:11.5 -26:34:15
Stellar brightness G=16.1, 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 0% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.0

TNO is 42.9 AU from the Sun and 42.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 665 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3603 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.6
Diameter=457.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 25.6 sec chord
Diameter=186.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 307251, (2022/05/01 07:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:46.8 -26:28:47  0.9 11.05 156
23Tau Sco      16:37:16.6 -28:15:38  2.8  9.67 154
PPM 266626     17:17:35.9 -26:34:34  6.5  0.58 146
PPM 266648     17:19:02.9 -26:39:04  7.0  0.27 145
PPM 266659     17:19:42.6 -26:20:15  9.2  0.26 145
307251         17:20:12.0 -26:34:15 16.1       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 307251, (2022/05/01 07:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 11.05 156
23Tau Sco      16:35:52.9 -28:12:58  2.8  9.67 154
PPM 266626     17:16:12.6 -26:33:11  6.5  0.58 146
PPM 266648     17:17:39.5 -26:37:43  7.0  0.27 145
PPM 266659     17:18:19.4 -26:18:55  9.2  0.26 145
307251         17:18:48.6 -26:32:57 16.1       145
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/15 01:01:18 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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