RECON: TNO occultation with 552678

Event between (552678) 10JG210 and star GA0880:05613468 with event index number of 2222117

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/03/13 23:07:03 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:28:49.8 -01:00:36
Equinox of date position of star is 17:29:57.3 -01:01:34
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 132 degrees from the moon. Moon is 81% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.7

TNO is 19.1 AU from the Sun and 19.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 11.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 74 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 833 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.6
Diameter=113.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.9 sec chord
Diameter=46.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 552678, (2022/03/13 23:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:46.3 -26:28:46  0.9 29.16 128
60Bet Oph      17:44:34.2 +04:33:35  2.8  6.67 132
PPM 180083     17:31:32.4 -01:04:46  6.2  0.39 133
552678         17:29:58.6 -01:01:35 16.9       133
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 552678, (2022/03/13 23:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 29.16 128
60Bet Oph      17:43:28.3 +04:34:06  2.8  6.67 132
PPM 180083     17:30:23.6 -01:03:50  6.2  0.39 133
552678         17:28:49.8 -01:00:36 16.9       132
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/12 02:05:21 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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