RECON: TNO occultation with 386723

Event between (386723) 09YE7 and star GA0840:00462157 with event index number of 2292174

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/08/04 19:50:06 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:51:51.2 -05:18:48
Equinox of date position of star is 04:52:56.4 -05:16:40
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 136 degrees from the moon. Moon is 43% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.9

TNO is 50.7 AU from the Sun and 51.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.0 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 136 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2205 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.7
Diameter=701.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 33.4 sec chord
Diameter=286.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 13.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 386723, (2022/08/04 19:46UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:37.5 -08:10:38  0.1  6.33 130
67Bet Eri      05:08:57.7 -05:03:32  2.8  3.99 133
61Ome Eri      04:54:00.4 -05:24:59  4.5  0.29 136
PPM 187431     04:53:52.9 -05:15:01  8.0  0.23 136
386723         04:52:58.0 -05:16:37 16.0       136
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 386723, (2022/08/04 19:46UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1  6.33 130
67Bet Eri      05:07:50.8 -05:05:13  2.8  3.99 133
61Ome Eri      04:52:53.7 -05:27:09  4.5  0.29 136
PPM 187431     04:52:46.1 -05:17:11  8.0  0.23 136
386723         04:51:51.2 -05:18:48 16.0       136
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/01/10 00:03:28 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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