RECON: TNO occultation with 225088

Event between (225088) Gonggong and star GA0780:22013424 with event index number of 1211892

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/10/14 23:57:08 UTC

J2000 position of star is 22:25:53.2 -11:18:04
Equinox of date position of star is 22:27:00.1 -11:11:37
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 108 degrees from the moon. Moon is 75% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.4

TNO is 89.0 AU from the Sun and 88.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 191 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3545 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=1.9
Diameter=2477.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 138.1 sec chord
Diameter=1011.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 56.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 10:3EEEEEEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 225088, (2022/10/14 23:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:54.3 -29:30:03  1.2 19.76 108
50 Aqr         22:25:40.2 -13:24:48  5.8  2.26 109
PPM 240283     22:27:54.2 -11:06:42  7.8  0.21 108
225088         22:27:05.7 -11:11:05 16.5       108
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 225088, (2022/10/14 23:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 19.76 108
50 Aqr         22:24:27.1 -13:31:46  5.8  2.26 109
PPM 240283     22:26:41.7 -11:13:42  7.8  0.21 108
225088         22:25:53.2 -11:18:04 16.5       108
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/12 21:18:12 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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