RECON: TNO occultation with 310071

Event between (310071) 10KR59 and star GA0580:09724916 with event index number of 2187287

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/07/16 20:05:54 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:28:08.1 -30:50:04
Equinox of date position of star is 16:29:40.2 -30:53:12
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 119 degrees from the moon. Moon is 64% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.4

Object is 22.1 AU from the Sun and 21.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 79 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 948 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.8
Diameter=163.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.8 sec chord
Diameter=66.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 310071, (2025/07/16 20:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:58.7 -26:29:11  0.9  4.41 119
23Tau Sco      16:37:28.6 -28:16:00  2.8  3.11 118
PPM 265498     16:26:16.3 -29:45:39  5.2  1.36 120
PPM 295050     16:27:39.5 -31:17:34  8.5  0.60 119
PPM 295082     16:29:38.6 -31:04:56  9.5  0.19 119
PPM 295068     16:28:56.4 -30:54:57 10.1  0.18 119
310071         16:29:45.4 -30:53:22 16.0       118
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 310071, (2025/07/16 20:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  4.41 119
23Tau Sco      16:35:52.9 -28:12:58  2.8  3.11 118
PPM 265498     16:24:39.9 -29:42:14  5.2  1.36 120
PPM 295050     16:26:01.9 -31:14:11  8.5  0.60 119
PPM 295082     16:28:01.1 -31:01:38  9.5  0.19 119
PPM 295068     16:27:19.1 -30:51:38 10.1  0.18 119
310071         16:28:08.1 -30:50:04 16.0       119
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/04 05:35:41 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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