RECON: TNO occultation with 612582

Event between (612582) 03QY111 and star GA0940:00138740 with event index number of 2815848

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/08/05 00:18:29 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:26:21.0 +05:58:14
Equinox of date position of star is 01:27:30.9 +06:05:10
Stellar brightness G=13.9, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 165 degrees from the moon. Moon is 45% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.5

TNO is 42.6 AU from the Sun and 42.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 5.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 855 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2548 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=226.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 38.5 sec chord
Diameter=92.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 15.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 612582, (2022/08/05 00:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
68Omi Cet      02:20:29.4 -02:52:34  2.0 15.97 164
98Mu Psc       01:31:22.3 +06:15:34  4.8  0.97 166
PPM 144635     01:28:50.4 +05:28:06  7.1  0.70 165
PPM 144603     01:27:13.1 +06:02:43 10.0  0.09 165
612582         01:27:31.7 +06:05:15 13.9       165
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 612582, (2022/08/05 00:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
68Omi Cet      02:19:20.8 -02:58:45  2.0 15.97 164
98Mu Psc       01:30:11.6 +06:08:37  4.8  0.97 166
PPM 144635     01:27:39.8 +05:21:06  7.1  0.70 165
PPM 144603     01:26:02.5 +05:55:42 10.0  0.09 165
612582         01:26:21.0 +05:58:14 13.9       165
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/05/03 00:33:04 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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