RECON: TNO occultation with 531017

Event between (531017) 12BA155 and star GA0840:03949290 with event index number of 2439560

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/04/01 01:21:32 UTC

J2000 position of star is 10:39:37.4 -05:52:40
Equinox of date position of star is 10:40:50.6 -06:00:16
Stellar brightness G=14.0, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 103 degrees from the moon. Moon is 62% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9

Object is 37.6 AU from the Sun and 36.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.5 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 82 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1443 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.1
Diameter=354.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.0 sec chord
Diameter=144.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:2EEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 531017, (2024/04/01 01:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:39.7 +11:50:52  1.3 19.46 119
Alphard        09:28:46.8 -08:45:54  2.0 18.08 116
PPM 193503     10:32:11.6 -07:45:45  6.2  2.78 104
PPM 193656     10:40:30.0 -06:20:33  8.2  0.35 103
PPM 193653     10:40:22.5 -06:00:32  8.9  0.12 103
531017         10:40:50.8 -06:00:17 14.0       103
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 531017, (2024/04/01 01:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 19.46 119
Alphard        09:27:35.2 -08:39:30  2.0 18.08 116
PPM 193503     10:30:58.7 -07:38:15  6.2  2.78 104
PPM 193656     10:39:16.6 -06:12:56  8.2  0.35 103
PPM 193653     10:39:09.1 -05:52:55  8.9  0.12 103
531017         10:39:37.4 -05:52:40 14.0       103
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/03 05:38:31 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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