RECON: TNO occultation with 363401

Event between (363401) 03LB7 and star GA0660:09381010 with event index number of 1143495

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/10/02 18:43:15 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:05:22.3 -23:57:38
Equinox of date position of star is 17:06:41.5 -23:59:19
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 115 degrees from the moon. Moon is 16% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.1

TNO is 41.5 AU from the Sun and 41.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 371 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2071 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=275.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.8 sec chord
Diameter=112.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 363401, (2021/10/02 18:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:44.7 -26:28:42  0.9  8.50 108
23Tau Sco      16:37:14.4 -28:15:33  2.8  7.87 110
26 Oph         17:01:29.6 -25:01:13  5.8  1.57 114
PPM 266382     17:06:41.6 -23:44:37  8.5  0.25 115
PPM 266401     17:07:29.7 -24:01:26  9.0  0.19 115
363401         17:06:41.8 -23:59:19 16.5       116
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 363401, (2021/10/02 18:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  8.50 108
23Tau Sco      16:35:52.9 -28:12:58  2.8  7.87 110
26 Oph         17:00:09.6 -24:59:22  5.8  1.57 114
PPM 266382     17:05:22.3 -23:42:56  8.5  0.25 115
PPM 266401     17:06:10.2 -23:59:46  9.0  0.19 115
363401         17:05:22.3 -23:57:38 16.5       115
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/08/29 01:39:59 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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