RECON: TNO occultation with 363401

Event between (363401) 03LB7 and star GA0640:14914457 with event index number of 1776280

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/04/30 10:11:30 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:24:35.4 -24:24:35
Equinox of date position of star is 17:26:01.0 -24:25:46
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 104 degrees from the moon. Moon is 73% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.0

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Object is 41.7 AU from the Sun and 40.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 522 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2700 km.
The sky-plane scale is 29689.8 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=275.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.4 sec chord
Diameter=112.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 363401, (2023/04/30 10:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:50.5 -26:28:54  0.9 12.62  93
35Eta Oph      17:11:43.1 -15:45:08  2.6  9.30 100
PPM 266836     17:26:31.9 -24:15:47  6.4  0.20 104
PPM 266840     17:26:36.6 -24:31:31  9.2  0.17 105
363401         17:26:01.1 -24:25:46 16.3       105
Positions are for equinox of date

This table contains the target star visibility for the RECON network. The observing range has been set to a maximum of 1.7 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 14.6 km RECON observability=0.6 and success probability=0.0%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Sleaford 10:11:23 -11.5 NT Up 13.4 183.6 Really Low 09:56:23 - 10:26:23 14310
Kamloops 10:12:23 -18.3 Dark Up 14.4 170.3 Really Low 09:57:23 - 10:27:23 14222
Kelowna 10:12:19 -18.7 Dark Up 15.3 171.1 Really Low 09:57:19 - 10:27:19 14204
Peachland 10:12:21 -18.9 Dark Up 15.3 170.8 Really Low 09:57:21 - 10:27:21 14198
Summerland 10:12:20 -19.0 Dark Up 15.5 170.9 Really Low 09:57:20 - 10:27:20 14194
Penticton 10:12:20 -19.0 Dark Up 15.6 171.0 Really Low 09:57:20 - 10:27:20 14193
Oliver 10:12:20 -19.3 Dark Up 15.9 171.0 Really Low 09:57:20 - 10:27:20 14182
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 10:12:19 -19.3 Dark Up 16.1 171.2 Really Low 09:57:19 - 10:27:19 14178
Okanogan 10:12:21 -19.9 Dark Up 16.7 170.9 Really Low 09:57:21 - 10:27:21 14154
Brewster 10:12:22 -20.2 Dark Up 17.0 170.7 Really Low 09:57:22 - 10:27:22 14144
Manson/Chelan 10:12:24 -20.5 Dark Up 17.1 170.4 Really Low 09:57:24 - 10:27:24 14134
Victoria 10:12:38 -21.2 Dark Up 16.1 167.4 Really Low 09:57:38 - 10:27:38 14130
Wenatchee 10:12:24 -21.0 Dark Up 17.6 170.2 Really Low 09:57:24 - 10:27:24 14116
Ellensburg 10:12:26 -21.4 Dark Up 18.0 170.0 Really Low 09:57:26 - 10:27:26 14100
Yakima 10:12:25 -21.8 Dark Up 18.4 169.9 Really Low 09:57:25 - 10:27:25 14085
Toppenish/White Swan 10:12:25 -21.9 Dark Up 18.6 170.1 Really Low 09:57:25 - 10:27:25 14078
PNWRO 10:12:20 -21.6 Dark Up 19.1 171.5 Really Low 09:57:20 - 10:27:20 14075
The Dalles 10:12:30 -22.8 Dark Up 19.3 169.3 Really Low 09:57:30 - 10:27:30 14042
Maupin 10:12:30 -23.1 Dark Up 19.7 169.4 Really Low 09:57:30 - 10:27:30 14026
Sisters 10:12:32 -24.0 Dark Up 20.5 168.8 Low 09:57:32 - 10:27:32 13987
Bend 10:12:32 -24.1 Dark Up 20.8 169.1 Low 09:57:32 - 10:27:32 13980
Oregon Observatory 10:12:33 -24.3 Dark Up 20.9 168.9 Low 09:57:33 - 10:27:33 13971
Chiloquin 10:12:36 -25.6 Dark Up 22.1 168.4 Low 09:57:36 - 10:27:36 13911
Klamath Falls 10:12:35 -25.8 Dark Up 22.5 168.5 Low 09:57:35 - 10:27:35 13896
Cedarville 10:12:29 -25.7 Dark Up 23.4 170.0 Low 09:57:29 - 10:27:29 13878
Dunrhomin 10:11:17 -19.0 Dark Down 25.2 184.6 Low 09:56:17 - 10:26:17 13875
Nikitin 10:11:17 -19.2 Dark Down 25.4 184.6 Low 09:56:17 - 10:26:17 13866
CU-SBO 10:11:18 -19.2 Dark Down 25.4 184.6 Low 09:56:18 - 10:26:18 13863
Fall River/Burney 10:12:35 -26.6 Dark Up 23.7 168.8 Low 09:57:35 - 10:27:35 13845
Gimple 10:12:34 -27.1 Dark Up 24.7 169.2 Low 09:57:34 - 10:27:34 13806
Greenville 10:12:33 -27.2 Dark Up 24.7 169.1 Low 09:57:33 - 10:27:33 13806
Quincy 10:12:32 -27.3 Dark Up 24.9 169.1 Low 09:57:32 - 10:27:32 13796
Portola 10:12:31 -27.2 Dark Up 25.1 169.6 Low 09:57:31 - 10:27:31 13794
Reno 10:12:28 -27.1 Dark Up 25.4 170.2 Low 09:57:28 - 10:27:28 13786
Carson City 10:12:28 -27.4 Dark Up 25.8 170.2 Low 09:57:28 - 10:27:28 13769
Yerington 10:12:25 -27.3 Dark Up 26.0 170.8 Low 09:57:25 - 10:27:25 13764
Gardnerville 10:12:28 -27.6 Dark Up 26.0 170.2 Low 09:57:28 - 10:27:28 13757
Hawthorne 10:12:23 -27.4 Dark Up 26.6 171.3 Low 09:57:23 - 10:27:23 13744
Lee Vining 10:12:26 -28.1 Dark Up 27.1 170.7 Low 09:57:26 - 10:27:26 13712
Bishop 10:12:22 -28.2 Dark Up 27.7 171.4 Low 09:57:22 - 10:27:22 13686
Beatty 10:12:15 -27.7 Dark Up 28.4 173.0 Low 09:57:15 - 10:27:15 13672
Patrick 10:12:00 -27.2 Dark Up 30.1 175.9 Up 09:57:00 - 10:27:00 13607
Laughlin/Bullhead City 10:12:04 -27.8 Dark Up 30.3 175.1 Up 09:57:04 - 10:27:04 13589
Lake Havasu City 10:12:02 -28.2 Dark Up 31.0 175.4 Up 09:57:02 - 10:27:02 13552
George/Scottsdale 10:11:49 -27.3 Dark Up 31.8 177.9 Up 09:56:49 - 10:26:49 13518
Wildwood 10:12:25 -30.8 Dark Up 30.9 170.9 Up 09:57:25 - 10:27:25 13501
Idyllwild 10:12:15 -30.0 Dark Up 31.5 172.8 Up 09:57:15 - 10:27:15 13495
Calipatria 10:12:09 -29.8 Dark Up 32.2 174.0 Up 09:57:09 - 10:27:09 13465
Yuma 10:12:04 -29.6 Dark Up 32.7 175.0 Up 09:57:04 - 10:27:04 13444

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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 363401, (2023/04/30 10:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 12.62  93
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  9.30 100
PPM 266836     17:25:06.3 -24:14:37  6.4  0.20 104
PPM 266840     17:25:10.8 -24:30:21  9.2  0.17 105
363401         17:24:35.4 -24:24:35 16.3       104
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/04/19 02:33:08 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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