RECON: TNO occultation with 15810

Event between (15810) Arawn and star GA0700:34095714 with event index number of 1773127

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/11/19 20:08:22 UTC

J2000 position of star is 20:18:00.1 -18:17:20
Equinox of date position of star is 20:19:21.5 -18:12:50
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 171 degrees from the moon. Moon is 64% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.5

Object is 36.5 AU from the Sun and 36.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 552 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3747 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.7
Diameter=173.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.8 sec chord
Diameter=70.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 15810, (2027/11/19 19:59UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:11.0 -29:28:25  1.2 37.98 149
38Zet Sgr      19:04:23.0 -29:50:16  2.7 20.70 151
7Sig Cap       20:20:59.9 -19:01:46  5.3  0.89 171
PPM 237191     20:18:36.3 -18:20:37  7.6  0.28 171
PPM 237226     20:20:20.8 -18:14:15  8.8  0.18 171
15810          20:19:35.9 -18:12:02 16.3       171
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, (2027/11/19 19:59UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 37.98 149
38Zet Sgr      19:02:36.7 -29:52:49  2.7 20.70 151
7Sig Cap       20:19:23.6 -19:07:07  5.3  0.89 171
PPM 237191     20:17:00.4 -18:25:53  7.6  0.28 171
PPM 237226     20:18:45.0 -18:19:34  8.8  0.18 171
15810          20:18:00.1 -18:17:20 16.3       171
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/09/03 04:40:19 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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