RECON: TNO occultation with 574372

Event between (574372) 10JO179 and star GA0980:04549280 with event index number of 2518171

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/09/10 10:34:46 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:51:36.1 +08:56:13
Equinox of date position of star is 16:52:38.7 +08:54:06
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 99 degrees from the moon. Moon is 100% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.8

TNO is 60.0 AU from the Sun and 60.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 125 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2375 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=3.9
Diameter=986.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 56.3 sec chord
Diameter=402.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 23.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 574372, (2022/09/10 10:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:37:42.4 +38:48:21  0.0 38.05  81
Rasalhague     17:35:59.3 +12:32:43  2.1 11.24  89
25Iot Oph      16:55:05.0 +10:07:46  4.4  1.36  99
PPM 163194     16:52:12.4 +09:22:00  7.1  0.48  99
PPM 163187     16:51:55.6 +08:56:51  9.6  0.19  99
PPM 163200     16:52:24.9 +08:56:52 11.1  0.08  99
574372         16:52:41.3 +08:54:00 16.4        99
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 574372, (2022/09/10 10:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:36:56.7 +38:47:07  0.0 38.05  81
Rasalhague     17:34:56.3 +12:33:31  2.1 11.24  89
25Iot Oph      16:54:00.4 +10:09:54  4.4  1.36  99
PPM 163194     16:51:07.4 +09:24:13  7.1  0.48  99
PPM 163187     16:50:50.4 +08:59:05  9.6  0.19  99
PPM 163200     16:51:19.7 +08:59:05 11.1  0.08  99
574372         16:51:36.1 +08:56:13 16.4        99
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/14 01:45:40 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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