RECON: TNO occultation with 560039

Event between (560039) 15FP36 and star GA0940:04143582 with event index number of 2416995

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/03/12 01:38:09 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:48:37.2 +04:42:13
Equinox of date position of star is 15:49:49.3 +04:37:51
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 136 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.8

Object is 26.7 AU from the Sun and 26.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 90 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1578 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.4
Diameter=197.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.9 sec chord
Diameter=80.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 560039, (2024/03/12 01:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:16:46.1 +19:03:32  0.0 26.89 148
Unukalhai      15:45:27.7 +06:21:04  2.6  2.03 137
37Eps Ser      15:52:01.4 +04:24:23  3.7  0.59 136
PPM 161919     15:49:00.7 +04:13:31  8.1  0.45 136
PPM 161943     15:50:32.1 +04:58:23  9.2  0.39 136
PPM 161922     15:49:03.4 +04:52:47 11.2  0.31 136
560039         15:49:49.4 +04:37:51 16.7       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.

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Star training set for 560039, (2024/03/12 01:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:15:38.0 +19:10:14  0.0 26.89 148
Unukalhai      15:44:16.3 +06:25:33  2.6  2.03 137
37Eps Ser      15:50:49.2 +04:28:41  3.7  0.59 136
PPM 161919     15:47:48.3 +04:17:54  8.1  0.45 136
PPM 161943     15:49:20.1 +05:02:44  9.2  0.39 136
PPM 161922     15:47:51.3 +04:57:10 11.2  0.31 136
560039         15:48:37.2 +04:42:13 16.7       136
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/04 05:24:44 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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