RECON: TNO occultation with 99CK158

Event between 99CK158 and star GA1060:03382931 with event index number of 2585631

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/03/21 01:40:09 UTC

J2000 position of star is 11:08:07.8 +16:30:00
Equinox of date position of star is 11:09:20.6 +16:22:30
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 168 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=24.3

Object is 40.2 AU from the Sun and 39.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 380 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3997 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.2
Diameter=138.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.8 sec chord
Diameter=56.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 99CK158, (2023/03/21 01:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:36.4 +11:51:10  1.3 15.17 158
68Del Leo      11:15:20.4 +20:23:46  2.6  4.27 165
70The Leo      11:15:27.4 +15:18:08  3.3  1.82 170
PPM 128007     11:09:54.2 +17:04:25  7.6  0.71 168
PPM 128009     11:10:01.9 +16:40:58  9.7  0.35 168
99CK158        11:09:21.2 +16:22:26 13.1       169
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 99CK158, (2023/03/21 01:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 15.17 158
68Del Leo      11:14:06.7 +20:31:22  2.6  4.27 165
70The Leo      11:14:14.3 +15:25:45  3.3  1.82 170
PPM 128007     11:08:40.8 +17:11:59  7.6  0.71 168
PPM 128009     11:08:48.5 +16:48:32  9.7  0.35 168
99CK158        11:08:07.8 +16:30:00 13.1       168
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/10 03:22:53 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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