RECON: TNO occultation with 120216

Event between (120216) 04EW95 and star GA0440:17157245 with event index number of 2140626

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/04/27 02:20:31 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:36:18.7 -45:15:29
Equinox of date position of star is 16:38:00.7 -45:18:15
Stellar brightness G=15.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 38 degrees from the moon. Moon is 66% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.1

Object is 27.7 AU from the Sun and 26.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 190 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2297 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=287.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 15.0 sec chord
Diameter=117.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 120216, (2027/04/27 02:21UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:05.2 -26:29:25  0.9 18.88  38
Eta Lup        16:01:56.5 -38:28:19  2.8  9.61  44
Mu Nor         16:36:02.0 -44:06:02  4.9  1.28  38
PPM 321930     16:37:56.9 -45:13:19  8.5  0.11  38
120216         16:38:17.2 -45:18:42 15.2        38
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 120216, (2027/04/27 02:21UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 18.88  38
Eta Lup        16:00:07.3 -38:23:48  2.8  9.61  44
Mu Nor         16:34:05.1 -44:02:43  4.9  1.28  38
PPM 321930     16:35:58.5 -45:10:05  8.5  0.11  38
120216         16:36:18.7 -45:15:29 15.2        38
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/07/06 02:55:45 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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