RECON: TNO occultation with 119315

Event between (119315) 01SQ73 and star GA1220:03392615 with event index number of 2111705

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/10/05 03:04:44 UTC

J2000 position of star is 09:11:07.6 +32:56:08
Equinox of date position of star is 09:12:36.1 +32:50:07
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 143 degrees from the moon. Moon is 94% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.9

Object is 20.4 AU from the Sun and 20.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 239 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2372 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=72.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.6 sec chord
Diameter=29.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 119315, (2025/10/05 03:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:53.5 +27:57:43  1.1 19.09 128
PPM 074277     09:10:25.6 +33:46:34  6.4  1.06 142
PPM 074265     09:09:38.2 +32:26:06  6.8  0.76 143
PPM 074285     09:11:10.5 +33:17:56  8.8  0.57 142
PPM 074308     09:12:55.5 +32:50:13 10.4  0.05 143
119315         09:12:41.7 +32:49:44 15.9       143
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 119315, (2025/10/05 03:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 19.09 128
PPM 074277     09:08:50.8 +33:52:54  6.4  1.06 142
PPM 074265     09:08:04.1 +32:32:25  6.8  0.76 143
PPM 074285     09:09:36.0 +33:24:17  8.8  0.57 142
PPM 074308     09:11:21.4 +32:56:37 10.4  0.05 143
119315         09:11:07.6 +32:56:08 15.9       143
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/21 22:30:22 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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