RECON: TNO occultation with 69986

Event between (69986) 98WW24 and star GA1020:01723532 with event index number of 1244254

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/03/05 22:42:06 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:22:01.9 +13:38:16
Equinox of date position of star is 06:23:20.2 +13:37:31
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 54 degrees from the moon. Moon is 98% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=24.3

Object is 35.7 AU from the Sun and 35.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 7.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 842 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2798 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.6
Diameter=131.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.4 sec chord
Diameter=53.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 69986, (2023/03/05 22:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:25.6 +07:24:34  0.4  9.08  62
Alhena         06:39:03.0 +16:22:39  1.9  4.69  50
PPM 122364     06:23:54.5 +12:33:25  6.4  1.08  54
PPM 122389     06:24:51.9 +14:01:42  8.3  0.55  53
PPM 122371     06:24:09.6 +13:49:55  9.7  0.29  54
69986          06:23:20.7 +13:37:30 16.6        54
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 69986, (2023/03/05 22:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  9.08  62
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9  4.69  50
PPM 122364     06:22:36.3 +12:34:12  6.4  1.08  54
PPM 122389     06:23:32.9 +14:02:31  8.3  0.55  53
PPM 122371     06:22:50.8 +13:50:42  9.7  0.29  54
69986          06:22:01.9 +13:38:16 16.6        54
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/09 03:34:11 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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