RECON: TNO occultation with 10199

Event between (10199) Chariklo and star GA0780:21680766 with event index number of 1372792

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/09/17 23:13:37 UTC

J2000 position of star is 20:55:43.8 -10:17:50
Equinox of date position of star is 20:57:02.5 -10:12:12
Stellar brightness G=15.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 41 degrees from the moon. Moon is 100% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.1

Object is 17.4 AU from the Sun and 16.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 44 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 658 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=291.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.0 sec chord
Diameter=118.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10199, (2024/09/17 23:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:00.6 -29:29:26  1.2 34.37  28
Tarazed        19:47:26.1 +10:40:30  2.7 27.12  59
6Mu Aqr        20:53:59.1 -08:53:21  4.7  1.52  41
PPM 238064     20:55:23.6 -10:49:45  7.2  0.75  41
PPM 238093     20:56:38.7 -10:13:06  9.5  0.11  41
10199          20:57:04.1 -10:12:05 15.5        40
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 10199, (2024/09/17 23:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 34.37  28
Tarazed        19:46:15.6 +10:36:48  2.7 27.12  59
6Mu Aqr        20:52:39.3 -08:59:01  4.7  1.52  41
PPM 238064     20:54:03.1 -10:55:28  7.2  0.75  41
PPM 238093     20:55:18.4 -10:18:50  9.5  0.11  41
10199          20:55:43.8 -10:17:50 15.5        41
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/19 03:35:33 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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