RECON: TNO occultation with 96KV1

Event between 96KV1 and star GA0640:37929863 with event index number of 2130684

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/03/15 09:52:43 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:39:06.5 -24:05:33
Equinox of date position of star is 19:40:25.8 -24:02:27
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 153 degrees from the moon. Moon is 91% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.5

TNO is 40.2 AU from the Sun and 40.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 811 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2882 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=208.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.7 sec chord
Diameter=85.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 96KV1, (2022/03/15 09:53UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:46.3 -26:28:46  0.9 42.71 110
38Zet Sgr      19:04:01.3 -29:50:47  2.7  9.97 144
PPM 270116     19:41:27.1 -23:22:35  5.7  0.70 153
PPM 270137     19:42:24.5 -23:35:50  8.5  0.63 153
PPM 270072     19:39:51.8 -24:03:26  8.8  0.13 153
96KV1          19:40:26.8 -24:02:25 16.5       153
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 96KV1, (2022/03/15 09:53UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 42.71 110
38Zet Sgr      19:02:36.7 -29:52:49  2.7  9.97 144
PPM 270116     19:40:07.2 -23:25:45  5.7  0.70 153
PPM 270137     19:41:04.5 -23:39:01  8.5  0.63 153
PPM 270072     19:38:31.5 -24:06:33  8.8  0.13 153
96KV1          19:39:06.5 -24:05:33 16.5       153
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/12/07 01:46:10 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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