RECON: TNO occultation with 492338

Event between (492338) 14FW and star GA0680:23796170 with event index number of 2319542

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/03/07 23:34:44 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:16:21.0 -21:29:17
Equinox of date position of star is 18:17:40.0 -21:28:44
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 137 degrees from the moon. Moon is 27% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.5

TNO is 13.0 AU from the Sun and 13.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 77 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 576 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=59.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.3 sec chord
Diameter=24.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 492338, (2022/03/07 23:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:46.3 -26:28:46  0.9 24.88 160
Nunki          18:56:38.3 -26:16:02  2.0 10.11 128
14 Sgr         18:15:35.9 -21:42:19  5.4  0.53 137
PPM 268119     18:16:21.7 -20:51:46  8.3  0.69 137
PPM 268110     18:16:00.3 -21:43:19  9.3  0.46 137
492338         18:17:40.9 -21:28:44 16.6       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.

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

Star training set for 492338, (2022/03/07 23:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 24.88 160
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0 10.11 128
14 Sgr         18:14:15.9 -21:42:48  5.4  0.53 137
PPM 268119     18:15:02.2 -20:52:16  8.3  0.69 137
PPM 268110     18:14:40.3 -21:43:49  9.3  0.46 137
492338         18:16:21.0 -21:29:17 16.6       137
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/12/06 01:47:29 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

RECON