RECON: TNO occultation with 310071

Event between (310071) 10KR59 and star GA0560:14095198 with event index number of 2188612

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/06/29 16:18:26 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:58:31.2 -33:38:47
Equinox of date position of star is 17:00:06.3 -33:40:54
Stellar brightness G=13.5, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 141 degrees from the moon. Moon is 25% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.6

Object is 23.6 AU from the Sun and 22.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 77 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1089 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.8
Diameter=163.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.4 sec chord
Diameter=66.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 310071, (2027/06/29 16:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:05.9 -26:29:26  0.9  9.57 148
26Eps Sco      16:51:57.2 -34:20:24  2.3  1.85 142
27 Sco         16:58:59.0 -33:18:02  5.2  0.48 141
PPM 295723     17:00:07.9 -33:38:57  7.3  0.05 141
310071         17:00:19.3 -33:41:11 13.5       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 310071, (2027/06/29 16:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  9.57 148
26Eps Sco      16:50:08.8 -34:17:41  2.3  1.85 142
27 Sco         16:57:11.2 -33:15:35  5.2  0.48 141
PPM 295723     16:58:19.8 -33:36:33  7.3  0.05 141
310071         16:58:31.2 -33:38:47 13.5       141
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/06 04:27:50 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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