RECON: TNO occultation with 10199

Event between (10199) Chariklo and star GA0920:17935116 with event index number of 2166301

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/08/18 16:42:02 UTC

J2000 position of star is 21:59:00.3 +02:11:13
Equinox of date position of star is 22:00:14.1 +02:18:13
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 147 degrees from the moon. Moon is 5% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.1

Object is 18.0 AU from the Sun and 17.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 41 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 894 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=291.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.6 sec chord
Diameter=118.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 10199, (2028/08/18 16:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:13.5 -29:28:11  1.2 34.76 142
Markab         23:06:11.4 +15:21:36  2.5 20.79 126
11 Peg         21:48:41.0 +02:49:11  5.6  2.98 149
PPM 172434     21:57:05.8 +02:29:51  7.4  0.86 147
PPM 172514     22:00:55.6 +02:21:18  9.5  0.12 147
10199          22:00:27.6 +02:19:30 16.9       147
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, (2028/08/18 16:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.7 -29:37:24  1.2 34.76 142
Markab         23:04:45.8 +15:12:18  2.5 20.79 126
11 Peg         21:47:14.0 +02:41:10  5.6  2.98 149
PPM 172434     21:55:38.6 +02:21:38  7.4  0.86 147
PPM 172514     21:59:28.3 +02:13:01  9.5  0.12 147
10199          21:59:00.3 +02:11:13 16.9       147
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/19 04:09:24 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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