RECON: TNO occultation with 310071

Event between (310071) 10KR59 and star GA0540:16593780 with event index number of 2189325

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/07/27 19:46:49 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:08:01.0 -34:36:27
Equinox of date position of star is 17:09:37.1 -34:38:15
Stellar brightness G=15.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 55 degrees from the moon. Moon is 40% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.8

Object is 24.5 AU from the Sun and 23.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 124 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1258 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, (2028/07/27 19:46UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:09.9 -26:29:34  0.9 11.65  46
26Eps Sco      16:52:01.5 -34:20:31  2.3  3.70  52
PPM 295869     17:06:42.4 -34:09:37  4.7  0.82  55
PPM 295978     17:11:16.5 -34:47:20  7.7  0.32  56
PPM 295968     17:10:42.6 -34:52:32  9.6  0.28  56
310071         17:09:54.6 -34:38:34 15.0        56
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, (2028/07/27 19:46UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 11.65  46
26Eps Sco      16:50:08.8 -34:17:41  2.3  3.70  52
PPM 295869     17:04:49.3 -34:07:23  4.7  0.82  55
PPM 295978     17:09:22.7 -34:45:17  7.7  0.32  56
PPM 295968     17:08:48.8 -34:50:27  9.6  0.28  56
310071         17:08:01.0 -34:36:27 15.0        55
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/07 04:36:48 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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