RECON: TNO occultation with 99HH12

Event between 99HH12 and star GA0700:05782060 with event index number of 1236488

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/06/21 06:07:55 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:27:35.4 -19:19:14
Equinox of date position of star is 15:28:55.7 -19:24:01
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 110 degrees from the moon. Moon is 9% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.5

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Object is 43.7 AU from the Sun and 42.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 863 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5330 km.
The sky-plane scale is 31062.7 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.0
Diameter=242.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.3 sec chord
Diameter=98.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 99HH12, (2023/06/21 06:08UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:51.0 -26:28:55  0.9 15.90 126
7Del Sco       16:01:43.5 -22:41:12  2.3  8.32 119
PPM 230380     15:33:57.8 -19:44:55  5.5  1.23 112
PPM 230293     15:30:03.8 -18:48:12  8.3  0.65 110
PPM 230275     15:28:59.2 -19:14:36  9.6  0.16 110
99HH12         15:28:56.3 -19:24:03 16.6       111
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 1.0 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 11.3 km RECON observability=0.7 and success probability=1.9%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Sleaford 06:07:55 -13.4 AT Down 15.7 202.9 Really Low 05:52:55 - 06:22:55 8584
Kamloops 06:08:40 -11.7 NT Up 19.5 189.1 Really Low 05:53:40 - 06:23:40 8385
Kelowna 06:08:36 -12.7 AT Up 20.3 190.0 Low 05:53:36 - 06:23:36 8369
Peachland 06:08:37 -12.7 AT Up 20.4 189.7 Low 05:53:37 - 06:23:37 8361
Summerland 06:08:38 -12.9 AT Up 20.5 189.9 Low 05:53:38 - 06:23:38 8357
Penticton 06:08:35 -12.9 AT Up 20.6 190.0 Low 05:53:35 - 06:23:35 8356
Oliver 06:08:35 -13.3 AT Up 20.9 190.0 Low 05:53:35 - 06:23:35 8344
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 06:08:34 -13.5 AT Up 21.1 190.2 Low 05:53:34 - 06:23:34 8341
Okanogan 06:08:35 -14.0 AT Up 21.7 190.0 Low 05:53:35 - 06:23:35 8313
Brewster 06:08:34 -14.2 AT Up 22.0 189.8 Low 05:53:34 - 06:23:34 8300
Manson/Chelan 06:08:37 -14.2 AT Up 22.3 189.5 Low 05:53:37 - 06:23:37 8287
Wenatchee 06:08:37 -14.6 AT Up 22.8 189.3 Low 05:53:37 - 06:23:37 8266
Victoria 06:08:48 -12.7 AT Up 21.9 186.2 Low 05:53:48 - 06:23:48 8260
Ellensburg 06:08:36 -14.9 AT Up 23.2 189.1 Low 05:53:36 - 06:23:36 8246
PNWRO 06:08:30 -16.3 AT Up 24.0 190.9 Low 05:53:30 - 06:23:30 8230
Yakima 06:08:37 -15.3 AT Up 23.6 189.1 Low 05:53:37 - 06:23:37 8229
Toppenish/White Swan 06:08:35 -15.5 AT Up 23.8 189.3 Low 05:53:35 - 06:23:35 8222
The Dalles 06:08:38 -16.0 AT Up 24.7 188.6 Low 05:53:38 - 06:23:38 8177
Maupin 06:08:36 -16.4 AT Up 25.1 188.7 Low 05:53:36 - 06:23:36 8161
Dunrhomin 06:07:27 -25.0 Dark Down 26.4 205.4 Low 05:52:27 - 06:22:27 8136
Nikitin 06:07:27 -25.2 Dark Down 26.5 205.4 Low 05:52:27 - 06:22:27 8127
CU-SBO 06:07:26 -25.3 Dark Down 26.6 205.3 Low 05:52:26 - 06:22:26 8123
Sisters 06:08:38 -17.0 AT Up 26.0 188.3 Low 05:53:38 - 06:23:38 8114
Bend 06:08:35 -17.3 AT Up 26.2 188.5 Low 05:53:35 - 06:23:35 8108
Oregon Observatory 06:08:36 -17.4 AT Up 26.4 188.4 Low 05:53:36 - 06:23:36 8098
Chiloquin 06:08:36 -18.4 Dark Up 27.7 188.1 Low 05:53:36 - 06:23:36 8029
Klamath Falls 06:08:36 -18.7 Dark Up 28.0 188.2 Low 05:53:36 - 06:23:36 8013
Cedarville 06:08:29 -19.9 Dark Down 28.6 189.9 Low 05:53:29 - 06:23:29 8006
Fall River/Burney 06:08:33 -19.9 Dark Up 29.2 188.7 Low 05:53:33 - 06:23:33 7961
Gimple 06:08:29 -20.9 Dark Down 30.0 189.3 Up 05:53:29 - 06:23:29 7924
Greenville 06:08:31 -20.8 Dark Down 30.0 189.2 Up 05:53:31 - 06:23:31 7922
Portola 06:08:27 -21.3 Dark Down 30.3 189.8 Up 05:53:27 - 06:23:27 7914
Quincy 06:08:30 -21.0 Dark Down 30.2 189.3 Up 05:53:30 - 06:23:30 7912
Reno 06:08:25 -21.8 Dark Down 30.5 190.5 Up 05:53:25 - 06:23:25 7911
Yerington 06:08:21 -22.5 Dark Down 30.9 191.3 Up 05:53:21 - 06:23:21 7892
Carson City 06:08:24 -22.1 Dark Down 30.8 190.6 Up 05:53:24 - 06:23:24 7892
Gardnerville 06:08:23 -22.3 Dark Down 31.0 190.6 Up 05:53:23 - 06:23:23 7880
Hawthorne 06:08:19 -23.1 Dark Down 31.3 191.9 Up 05:53:19 - 06:23:19 7876
Lee Vining 06:08:18 -23.4 Dark Down 31.9 191.4 Up 05:53:18 - 06:23:18 7837
Beatty 06:08:09 -25.2 Dark Down 32.5 194.1 Up 05:53:09 - 06:23:09 7816
Bishop 06:08:16 -24.2 Dark Down 32.4 192.3 Up 05:53:16 - 06:23:16 7816
Patrick 06:07:53 -27.5 Dark Down 33.4 197.5 Up 05:52:53 - 06:22:53 7774
Laughlin/Bullhead City 06:07:55 -27.5 Dark Down 33.8 196.7 Up 05:52:55 - 06:22:55 7749
Lake Havasu City 06:07:53 -28.2 Dark Down 34.3 197.1 Up 05:52:53 - 06:22:53 7713
George/Scottsdale 06:07:43 -29.7 Dark Down 34.4 200.0 Up 05:52:43 - 06:22:43 7701
Idyllwild 06:08:03 -28.0 Dark Down 35.6 194.7 Up 05:53:03 - 06:23:03 7630
Wildwood 06:08:11 -27.0 Dark Down 35.6 192.5 Up 05:53:11 - 06:23:11 7619
Calipatria 06:07:57 -29.0 Dark Down 35.9 196.1 Up 05:52:57 - 06:22:57 7610
Yuma 06:07:53 -29.7 Dark Down 36.1 197.2 Up 05:52:53 - 06:22:53 7597

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 99HH12, (2023/06/21 06:08UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 15.90 126
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:18  2.3  8.32 119
PPM 230380     15:32:36.7 -19:40:14  5.5  1.23 112
PPM 230293     15:28:43.2 -18:43:25  8.3  0.65 110
PPM 230275     15:27:38.4 -19:09:47  9.6  0.16 110
99HH12         15:27:35.4 -19:19:14 16.6       110
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/04/20 03:43:23 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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