RECON: TNO occultation with 576357

Event between (576357) 12PV45 and star GA0980:18339166 with event index number of 2524175

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/10/05 15:42:19 UTC

J2000 position of star is 23:27:44.6 +08:34:59
Equinox of date position of star is 23:28:50.7 +08:42:09
Stellar brightness G=13.8, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 163 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.9

TNO is 17.1 AU from the Sun and 16.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 20.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 33 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 638 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.6
Diameter=74.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.7 sec chord
Diameter=30.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 576357, (2021/10/05 15:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Markab         23:05:50.8 +15:19:22  2.5  8.68 155
10The Psc      23:29:04.4 +06:29:55  4.3  2.20 165
PPM 174084     23:27:33.8 +08:45:45  7.4  0.32 163
PPM 174111     23:29:10.8 +08:45:05  9.0  0.09 163
576357         23:28:50.9 +08:42:11 13.8       164
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 576357, (2021/10/05 15:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Markab         23:04:45.8 +15:12:18  2.5  8.68 155
10The Psc      23:27:57.9 +06:22:43  4.3  2.20 165
PPM 174084     23:26:27.5 +08:38:33  7.4  0.32 163
PPM 174111     23:28:04.4 +08:37:53  9.0  0.09 163
576357         23:27:44.6 +08:34:59 13.8       163
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/09/02 01:54:04 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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