RECON: TNO occultation with 531142

Event between (531142) 12FL84 and star GA0720:05425371 with event index number of 2432309

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/06/26 12:00:49 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:11:21.8 -16:46:59
Equinox of date position of star is 15:12:44.3 -16:52:27
Stellar brightness G=15.5, 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 76% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.1

Object is 41.7 AU from the Sun and 41.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.9 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 230 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3408 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=263.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.6 sec chord
Diameter=107.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 531142, (2024/06/26 12:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:54.8 -26:29:03  0.9 20.51  83
27Bet Lib      15:18:19.7 -09:28:18  2.6  7.53 104
21Nu Lib       15:07:59.8 -16:21:01  5.2  1.25 105
PPM 229864     15:12:34.4 -17:03:21  8.3  0.19 103
PPM 229873     15:12:58.2 -16:53:39  9.3  0.06 103
531142         15:12:44.4 -16:52:27 15.5       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 531142, (2024/06/26 12:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 20.51  83
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  7.53 104
21Nu Lib       15:06:37.6 -16:15:25  5.2  1.25 105
PPM 229864     15:11:11.7 -16:57:53  8.3  0.19 103
PPM 229873     15:11:35.5 -16:48:11  9.3  0.06 103
531142         15:11:21.8 -16:46:59 15.5       104
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/12 03:39:23 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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