RECON: TNO occultation with 363401

Event between (363401) 03LB7 and star GA0640:12382845 with event index number of 1776254

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/06/26 23:04:31 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:13:45.0 -24:12:03
Equinox of date position of star is 17:15:06.4 -24:13:31
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 172 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9

TNO is 41.6 AU from the Sun and 40.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 299 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1852 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=275.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.7 sec chord
Diameter=112.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 363401, (2022/06/26 23:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:47.4 -26:28:48  0.9 10.26 177
35Eta Oph      17:11:40.2 -15:45:04  2.6  8.51 169
PPM 266746     17:23:04.4 -24:55:36  6.5  1.94 171
PPM 266603     17:16:09.7 -24:05:04  8.4  0.28 172
PPM 266584     17:15:08.3 -24:04:39  9.0  0.15 172
363401         17:15:07.4 -24:13:32 15.4       172
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, (2022/06/26 23:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 10.26 177
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  8.51 169
PPM 266746     17:21:41.5 -24:54:23  6.5  1.94 171
PPM 266603     17:14:47.4 -24:03:37  8.4  0.28 172
PPM 266584     17:13:46.0 -24:03:10  9.0  0.15 172
363401         17:13:45.0 -24:12:03 15.4       172
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/15 01:05:23 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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