RECON: TNO occultation with 99JD132

Event between 99JD132 and star GA0620:07821055 with event index number of 2438622

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/05/10 20:49:47 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:02:18.4 -26:37:08
Equinox of date position of star is 16:03:46.7 -26:41:04
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 158 degrees from the moon. Moon is 10% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=24.1

Object is 44.1 AU from the Sun and 43.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 471 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4494 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.7
Diameter=177.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.3 sec chord
Diameter=72.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 99JD132, (2024/05/10 20:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:54.3 -26:29:02  0.9  6.06 163
7Del Sco       16:01:46.7 -22:41:21  2.3  4.02 156
PPM 265058     16:04:49.3 -25:55:52  4.2  0.79 158
PPM 265056     16:04:45.4 -26:47:02  7.2  0.24 158
PPM 265053     16:04:39.5 -26:41:44  8.8  0.19 158
99JD132        16:03:47.6 -26:41:06 16.0       158
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 99JD132, (2024/05/10 20:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  6.06 163
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3  4.02 156
PPM 265058     16:03:20.5 -25:51:56  4.2  0.79 158
PPM 265056     16:03:16.2 -26:43:06  7.2  0.24 158
PPM 265053     16:03:10.3 -26:37:47  8.8  0.19 158
99JD132        16:02:18.4 -26:37:08 16.0       157
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/13 04:30:02 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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