RECON: TNO occultation with 98WY31

Event between 98WY31 and star GA1120:02710122 with event index number of 1415121

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/11/02 12:16:23 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:14:39.0 +23:40:54
Equinox of date position of star is 07:16:03.1 +23:38:24
Stellar brightness G=14.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 124 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.3

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Object is 42.5 AU from the Sun and 42.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 7.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 625 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1978 km.
The sky-plane scale is 30525.4 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=253.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 33.8 sec chord
Diameter=103.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 13.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 98WY31, (2024/11/02 12:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:50.1 +27:57:51  1.1  8.15 118
48 Gem         07:13:56.8 +24:05:06  6.2  0.67 125
PPM 097238     07:16:07.8 +23:45:42  9.5  0.12 124
98WY31         07:16:09.2 +23:38:13 14.8       124
Positions are for equinox of date

This table contains the target star visibility for the RECON network. The observing range has been set to a maximum of 1.4 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 34.2 km RECON observability=1.0 and success probability=24.9%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Sleaford 12:16:12 -16.5 AT Down 60.2 202.0 Up 12:01:12 - 12:31:12 2740
Kamloops 12:18:12 -25.2 Dark Down 63.0 175.5 Up 12:03:12 - 12:33:12 2357
Kelowna 12:18:01 -24.8 Dark Down 63.8 177.2 Up 12:03:01 - 12:33:01 2291
Peachland 12:18:03 -25.0 Dark Down 63.9 176.6 Up 12:03:03 - 12:33:03 2276
Summerland 12:18:02 -25.0 Dark Down 64.1 176.7 Up 12:03:02 - 12:33:02 2262
Penticton 12:18:02 -24.9 Dark Down 64.1 177.0 Up 12:03:02 - 12:33:02 2257
Oliver 12:18:01 -24.9 Dark Down 64.5 176.9 Up 12:03:01 - 12:33:01 2223
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 12:17:58 -24.8 Dark Down 64.7 177.3 Up 12:02:58 - 12:32:58 2209
Okanogan 12:17:58 -25.0 Dark Down 65.3 176.7 Up 12:02:58 - 12:32:58 2142
Brewster 12:18:00 -25.2 Dark Down 65.6 176.3 Up 12:03:00 - 12:33:00 2112
Victoria 12:18:33 -27.4 Dark Down 64.8 168.8 Up 12:03:33 - 12:33:33 2102
Manson/Chelan 12:18:03 -25.4 Dark Down 65.7 175.4 Up 12:03:03 - 12:33:03 2085
Wenatchee 12:18:04 -25.6 Dark Down 66.2 175.0 Up 12:03:04 - 12:33:04 2035
Ellensburg 12:18:05 -25.8 Dark Down 66.6 174.4 Up 12:03:05 - 12:33:05 1990
Yakima 12:18:03 -25.8 Dark Down 67.0 174.3 Up 12:03:03 - 12:33:03 1949
Toppenish/White Swan 12:18:00 -25.8 Dark Down 67.2 174.6 Up 12:03:00 - 12:33:00 1930
PNWRO 12:17:46 -24.8 Dark Down 67.7 178.0 Up 12:02:46 - 12:32:46 1917
The Dalles 12:18:07 -26.4 Dark Down 67.9 172.5 Up 12:03:07 - 12:33:07 1839
Maupin 12:18:05 -26.3 Dark Down 68.4 172.6 Up 12:03:05 - 12:33:05 1798
Sisters 12:18:08 -26.7 Dark Down 69.2 171.1 Up 12:03:08 - 12:33:08 1701
Bend 12:18:05 -26.6 Dark Down 69.5 171.6 Up 12:03:05 - 12:33:05 1680
Oregon Observatory 12:18:06 -26.7 Dark Down 69.6 171.2 Up 12:03:06 - 12:33:06 1661
Dunrhomin 12:15:08 -15.1 AT Down 70.5 215.5 Up 12:00:08 - 12:30:08 1622
Nikitin 12:15:06 -15.1 AT Down 70.7 215.7 Up 12:00:06 - 12:30:06 1603
CU-SBO 12:15:07 -15.1 AT Down 70.7 215.7 Up 12:00:07 - 12:30:07 1594
Chiloquin 12:18:07 -27.1 Dark Down 70.9 169.5 Up 12:03:07 - 12:33:07 1518
Klamath Falls 12:18:06 -27.1 Dark Down 71.2 169.6 Up 12:03:06 - 12:33:06 1484
Cedarville 12:17:48 -26.0 Dark Down 72.1 173.7 Up 12:02:48 - 12:32:48 1438
Fall River/Burney 12:17:58 -26.9 Dark Down 72.4 169.9 Up 12:02:58 - 12:32:58 1367
Gimple 12:17:51 -26.5 Dark Down 73.4 171.0 Up 12:02:51 - 12:32:51 1281
Greenville 12:17:51 -26.6 Dark Down 73.4 170.7 Up 12:02:51 - 12:32:51 1280
Quincy 12:17:51 -26.6 Dark Down 73.6 170.6 Up 12:02:51 - 12:32:51 1259
Portola 12:17:46 -26.3 Dark Down 73.7 172.1 Up 12:02:46 - 12:32:46 1254
Reno 12:17:38 -25.8 Dark Down 74.1 174.0 Up 12:02:38 - 12:32:38 1237
Carson City 12:17:36 -25.8 Dark Down 74.4 173.9 Up 12:02:36 - 12:32:36 1200
Yerington 12:17:30 -25.3 Dark Down 74.7 175.9 Up 12:02:30 - 12:32:30 1191
Gardnerville 12:17:35 -25.8 Dark Down 74.7 173.9 Up 12:02:35 - 12:32:35 1175
Hawthorne 12:17:21 -24.9 Dark Down 75.1 177.5 Up 12:02:21 - 12:32:21 1152
Lee Vining 12:17:26 -25.3 Dark Down 75.7 175.7 Up 12:02:26 - 12:32:26 1083
Bishop 12:17:17 -24.8 Dark Down 76.3 178.2 Up 12:02:17 - 12:32:17 1034
Beatty 12:16:57 -23.5 Dark Down 76.7 184.3 Up 12:01:57 - 12:31:57 1017
Patrick 12:16:21 -21.2 Dark Down 77.8 196.8 Up 12:01:21 - 12:31:21 920
Laughlin/Bullhead City 12:16:28 -21.8 Dark Down 78.2 194.2 Up 12:01:28 - 12:31:28 879
Lake Havasu City 12:16:22 -21.6 Dark Down 78.8 196.1 Up 12:01:22 - 12:31:22 814
George/Scottsdale 12:15:52 -19.6 Dark Down 78.8 208.0 Up 12:00:52 - 12:30:52 787
Wildwood 12:17:10 -24.9 Dark Down 79.6 176.4 Up 12:02:10 - 12:32:10 683
Idyllwild 12:16:47 -23.4 Dark Down 79.9 185.7 Up 12:01:47 - 12:31:47 682
Calipatria 12:16:32 -22.4 Dark Down 80.4 192.2 Up 12:01:32 - 12:31:32 642
Yuma 12:16:20 -21.7 Dark Down 80.6 197.4 Up 12:01:20 - 12:31:20 616

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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 98WY31, (2024/11/02 12:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1  8.15 118
48 Gem         07:12:26.3 +24:07:42  6.2  0.67 125
PPM 097238     07:14:37.6 +23:48:23  9.5  0.12 124
98WY31         07:14:39.0 +23:40:54 14.8       124
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/03/04 03:56:57 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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