RECON: TNO occultation with 19308

Event between (19308) 96TO66 and star GA1140:00163730 with event index number of 1388877

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/09/04 16:50:10 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:15:43.4 +24:16:44
Equinox of date position of star is 01:17:01.8 +24:24:18
Stellar brightness G=14.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 150 degrees from the moon. Moon is 2% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.7

Object is 47.8 AU from the Sun and 47.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 133 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2575 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.8
Diameter=636.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 34.6 sec chord
Diameter=260.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 14.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 19308, (2024/09/04 16:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:20.4 +16:33:25  0.8 47.31 111
6Bet Ari       01:56:00.5 +20:55:40  2.6  9.63 145
85Phi Psc      01:15:05.6 +24:42:49  5.6  0.54 150
PPM 090564     01:13:49.1 +23:23:10  7.4  1.26 151
PPM 090620     01:17:28.4 +24:22:11  9.5  0.10 150
19308          01:17:04.2 +24:24:31 14.5       149
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 19308, (2024/09/04 16:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 47.31 111
6Bet Ari       01:54:38.5 +20:48:26  2.6  9.63 145
85Phi Psc      01:13:44.9 +24:35:01  5.6  0.54 150
PPM 090564     01:12:28.7 +23:15:20  7.4  1.26 151
PPM 090620     01:16:07.6 +24:14:24  9.5  0.10 150
19308          01:15:43.4 +24:16:44 14.5       150
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/15 05:26:43 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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