RECON: TNO occultation with 120216

Event between (120216) 04EW95 and star GA0420:18997076 with event index number of 2141321

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/07/21 15:56:04 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:38:17.1 -46:24:05
Equinox of date position of star is 16:40:00.4 -46:26:48
Stellar brightness G=15.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 136 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.2

Object is 27.8 AU from the Sun and 27.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 212 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2936 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=287.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.0 sec chord
Diameter=117.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 120216, (2028/07/21 15:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:09.8 -26:29:34  0.9 20.05 136
Eta Lup        16:02:01.4 -38:28:32  2.8 10.65 130
PPM 322069     16:45:08.8 -46:07:19  6.3  0.89 137
PPM 321961     16:40:04.9 -46:12:35  6.6  0.25 136
PPM 321956     16:39:50.9 -46:18:10  9.0  0.18 136
120216         16:40:22.6 -46:27:22 15.1       136
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, (2028/07/21 15:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 20.05 136
Eta Lup        16:00:07.3 -38:23:48  2.8 10.65 130
PPM 322069     16:43:03.5 -46:04:13  6.3  0.89 137
PPM 321961     16:37:59.8 -46:09:17  6.6  0.25 136
PPM 321956     16:37:45.7 -46:14:52  9.0  0.18 136
120216         16:38:17.1 -46:24:05 15.1       136
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/07/07 03:18:05 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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