RECON: TNO occultation with 590218

Event between (590218) 11UD63 and star GA1180:00584854 with event index number of 2685157

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/01/22 15:33:52 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:43:40.9 +29:08:26
Equinox of date position of star is 03:45:06.1 +29:12:44
Stellar brightness G=13.1, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 107 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.1

Object is 16.2 AU from the Sun and 15.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 9.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 80 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 719 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.8
Diameter=105.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.8 sec chord
Diameter=42.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 590218, (2023/01/22 15:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:14.8 +16:33:14  0.8 17.42 116
44Zet Per      03:55:35.2 +31:57:01  2.8  3.55 110
PPM 068850     03:53:31.2 +31:14:09  6.3  2.72 110
PPM 092788     03:45:23.5 +29:45:16  8.4  0.55 108
PPM 092760     03:44:02.3 +29:19:06  9.6  0.26 107
590218         03:45:06.1 +29:12:44 13.1       108
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 590218, (2023/01/22 15:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 17.42 116
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8  3.55 110
PPM 068850     03:52:04.4 +31:10:06  6.3  2.72 110
PPM 092788     03:43:57.9 +29:40:59  8.4  0.55 108
PPM 092760     03:42:37.1 +29:14:47  9.6  0.26 107
590218         03:43:40.9 +29:08:26 13.1       107
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/22 03:06:12 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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