RECON: TNO occultation with 531077

Event between (531077) 12DB99 and star GA0820:04427621 with event index number of 2441994

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/12/28 19:47:14 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:52:59.5 -07:56:45
Equinox of date position of star is 13:54:08.4 -08:03:09
Stellar brightness G=17.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 143 degrees from the moon. Moon is 37% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.7

TNO is 41.5 AU from the Sun and 41.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 223 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2635 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.3
Diameter=331.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 20.9 sec chord
Diameter=135.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 531077, (2022/12/28 19:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:24.5 -11:16:50  1.0  7.57 147
PPM 197011     13:56:10.9 -08:10:17  6.1  0.50 142
PPM 196981     13:54:11.8 -07:50:34  8.3  0.22 143
PPM 196967     13:53:33.7 -07:58:46  8.9  0.18 143
531077         13:54:12.2 -08:03:30 17.0       142
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 531077, (2022/12/28 19:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0  7.57 147
PPM 197011     13:54:58.0 -08:03:33  6.1  0.50 142
PPM 196981     13:52:59.1 -07:43:48  8.3  0.22 143
PPM 196967     13:52:20.9 -07:52:00  8.9  0.18 143
531077         13:52:59.5 -07:56:45 17.0       142
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/15 01:20:25 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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