RECON: TNO occultation with 353222

Event between (353222) 09YD7 and star GA1140:03316856 with event index number of 2211649

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/06/19 07:51:45 UTC

J2000 position of star is 11:27:43.0 +25:38:22
Equinox of date position of star is 11:29:00.3 +25:30:17
Stellar brightness G=10.4, use SENSEUP=4 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 125 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 76 degrees from the moon. Moon is 92% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.6

Object is 20.9 AU from the Sun and 21.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 124 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1904 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.1
Diameter=60.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.6 sec chord
Diameter=24.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 353222, (2024/06/19 07:52UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:40.4 +11:50:48  1.3 23.17  86
68Del Leo      11:15:24.3 +20:23:22  2.6  6.00  75
PPM 101269     11:37:35.0 +27:38:45  5.9  2.87  75
PPM 101168     11:28:26.3 +24:53:34  7.8  0.63  75
PPM 101174     11:28:49.4 +25:22:44  9.3  0.13  76
353222         11:29:00.4 +25:30:17 10.4        75
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 353222, (2024/06/19 07:52UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 23.17  86
68Del Leo      11:14:06.7 +20:31:23  2.6  6.00  75
PPM 101269     11:36:18.0 +27:46:52  5.9  2.87  75
PPM 101168     11:27:08.9 +25:01:40  7.8  0.63  75
PPM 101174     11:27:32.0 +25:30:50  9.3  0.13  76
353222         11:27:43.0 +25:38:22 10.4        76
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/11 03:46:08 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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