RECON: TNO occultation with 33128

Event between (33128) 98BU48 and star GA0980:03776523 with event index number of 2196269

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/07/05 19:40:37 UTC

J2000 position of star is 12:23:05.0 +09:29:16
Equinox of date position of star is 12:24:18.5 +09:21:16
Stellar brightness G=15.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 78 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.8

Object is 37.3 AU from the Sun and 37.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 11.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 174 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2049 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=246.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 21.3 sec chord
Diameter=100.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 33128, (2024/07/05 19:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:29.3 -11:17:19  1.0 25.78 101
Vindemiatrix   13:03:23.9 +10:49:40  2.8  9.73  86
12 Vir         12:14:40.8 +10:07:34  5.8  2.50  76
PPM 158863     12:28:56.9 +08:28:30  7.4  1.44  80
PPM 158799     12:25:31.2 +09:22:21  9.6  0.29  78
33128          12:24:19.9 +09:21:08 15.1        79
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 33128, (2024/07/05 19:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 25.78 101
Vindemiatrix   13:02:10.2 +10:57:33  2.8  9.73  86
12 Vir         12:13:25.8 +10:15:44  5.8  2.50  76
PPM 158863     12:27:42.1 +08:36:37  7.4  1.44  80
PPM 158799     12:24:16.5 +09:30:29  9.6  0.29  78
33128          12:23:05.0 +09:29:16 15.1        78
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/29 04:20:59 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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