RECON: TNO occultation with 15810

Event between (15810) Arawn and star GA0720:32999439 with event index number of 1703814

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/06/12 12:32:53 UTC

J2000 position of star is 20:25:10.2 -17:47:37
Equinox of date position of star is 20:26:31.2 -17:42:55
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 120 degrees from the moon. Moon is 62% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.4

Object is 36.4 AU from the Sun and 35.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 795 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3745 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.7
Diameter=173.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.9 sec chord
Diameter=70.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 15810, (2027/06/12 12:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:09.5 -29:28:33  1.2 36.66 140
38Zet Sgr      19:04:21.3 -29:50:18  2.7 22.36  98
10Pi Cap       20:28:53.3 -18:07:12  5.2  0.66 120
PPM 237438     20:28:05.2 -17:17:10  7.5  0.53 120
PPM 237394     20:26:32.7 -17:45:24  8.8  0.07 119
15810          20:26:44.0 -17:42:10 16.1       120
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 15810, (2027/06/12 12:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 36.66 140
38Zet Sgr      19:02:36.7 -29:52:49  2.7 22.36  98
10Pi Cap       20:27:19.2 -18:12:43  5.2  0.66 120
PPM 237438     20:26:31.7 -17:22:40  7.5  0.53 120
PPM 237394     20:24:58.8 -17:50:50  8.8  0.07 119
15810          20:25:10.2 -17:47:37 16.1       119
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/09/03 04:23:51 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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