RECON: TNO occultation with 19308

Event between (19308) 96TO66 and star GA1140:00157793 with event index number of 1479171

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/12/09 11:46:42 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:12:35.6 +24:30:19
Equinox of date position of star is 01:13:53.9 +24:37:55
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 111 degrees from the moon. Moon is 74% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.7

Object is 47.8 AU from the Sun and 47.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 156 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2494 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.8
Diameter=636.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 41.5 sec chord
Diameter=260.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 16.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 19308, (2025/12/09 11:49UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:24.7 +16:33:34  0.8 48.02  70
6Bet Ari       01:56:04.7 +20:56:02  2.6 10.38 105
85Phi Psc      01:15:09.8 +24:43:13  5.6  0.27 111
PPM 090519     01:10:41.8 +24:35:47  8.5  0.75 112
PPM 090562     01:13:47.0 +24:40:09  9.9  0.06 111
19308          01:14:00.4 +24:38:33 16.7       111
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, (2025/12/09 11:49UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 48.02  70
6Bet Ari       01:54:38.5 +20:48:26  2.6 10.38 105
85Phi Psc      01:13:44.9 +24:35:01  5.6  0.27 111
PPM 090519     01:09:17.3 +24:27:31  8.5  0.75 112
PPM 090562     01:12:22.3 +24:31:55  9.9  0.06 111
19308          01:12:35.6 +24:30:19 16.7       111
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/15 05:43:11 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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