RECON: TNO occultation with 307616

Event between (307616) 03QW90 and star GA0980:00122718 with event index number of 1110108

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/06/15 18:01:46 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:24:33.2 +09:42:17
Equinox of date position of star is 01:25:42.2 +09:49:05
Stellar brightness G=13.6, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 101 degrees from the moon. Moon is 97% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.6

TNO is 43.1 AU from the Sun and 43.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.8 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 100 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1728 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.1
Diameter=562.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 30.0 sec chord
Diameter=229.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 12.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 307616, (2022/06/15 18:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:12.7 +16:33:10  0.8 46.98 146
6Bet Ari       01:55:53.1 +20:55:01  2.6 13.26 112
PPM 144653     01:30:13.6 +07:24:34  6.4  2.65 101
PPM 144536     01:24:17.7 +09:18:14  7.7  0.63 100
PPM 144571     01:25:38.4 +09:44:20  9.9  0.09 101
307616         01:25:44.1 +09:49:16 13.6       101
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 307616, (2022/06/15 18:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 46.98 146
6Bet Ari       01:54:38.5 +20:48:26  2.6 13.26 112
PPM 144653     01:29:03.1 +07:17:38  6.4  2.65 101
PPM 144536     01:23:06.9 +09:11:14  7.7  0.63 100
PPM 144571     01:24:27.5 +09:37:21  9.9  0.09 101
307616         01:24:33.2 +09:42:17 13.6       101
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/11/15 00:47:27 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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