RECON: TNO occultation with 123509

Event between (123509) 00WK183 and star GA1100:02286209 with event index number of 2142682

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/04/10 23:34:44 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:38:28.9 +21:11:13
Equinox of date position of star is 06:39:48.2 +21:09:57
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 123 degrees from the moon. Moon is 97% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9

TNO is 42.5 AU from the Sun and 42.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 10.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 733 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1703 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=302.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 28.7 sec chord
Diameter=123.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 123509, (2028/04/10 23:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:47:02.8 +27:57:20  1.1 16.63 110
Alhena         06:39:20.7 +16:22:22  1.9  4.79 122
PPM 096308     06:40:47.3 +22:00:12  6.0  0.86 123
PPM 096360     06:42:23.8 +20:54:40  8.4  0.58 123
PPM 096276     06:39:26.2 +21:25:30  9.9  0.32 124
PPM 096288     06:39:59.8 +21:03:31 11.1  0.11 123
123509         06:40:10.3 +21:09:36 16.3       123
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 123509, (2028/04/10 23:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 16.63 110
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9  4.79 122
PPM 096308     06:39:05.3 +22:01:51  6.0  0.86 123
PPM 096360     06:40:42.6 +20:56:23  8.4  0.58 123
PPM 096276     06:37:44.6 +21:27:05  9.9  0.32 124
PPM 096288     06:38:18.5 +21:05:08 11.1  0.11 123
123509         06:38:28.9 +21:11:13 16.3       123
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/02/10 00:32:49 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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