RECON: TNO occultation with 281371

Event between (281371) 08FC76 and star GA0760:04163992 with event index number of 2458352

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/04/22 02:09:22 UTC

J2000 position of star is 09:18:12.1 -13:32:37
Equinox of date position of star is 09:19:21.8 -13:38:49
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 140 degrees from the moon. Moon is 7% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.8

Object is 16.0 AU from the Sun and 15.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 58 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1213 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=83.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.8 sec chord
Diameter=34.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 281371, (2028/04/22 02:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:52.7 +11:49:40  1.3 28.38 148
Alphard        09:28:58.7 -08:46:58  2.0  5.40 143
PPM 221313     09:18:28.3 -14:41:38  5.8  1.06 139
PPM 221375     09:21:16.3 -13:25:37  7.4  0.48 140
PPM 221336     09:19:24.5 -13:39:35  9.5  0.04 140
281371         09:19:33.3 -13:39:50 15.4       140
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 281371, (2028/04/22 02:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 28.38 148
Alphard        09:27:35.2 -08:39:30  2.0  5.40 143
PPM 221313     09:17:07.7 -14:34:27  5.8  1.06 139
PPM 221375     09:19:55.0 -13:18:21  7.4  0.48 140
PPM 221336     09:18:03.3 -13:32:23  9.5  0.04 140
281371         09:18:12.1 -13:32:37 15.4       140
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/24 02:53:17 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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