RECON: TNO occultation with 312645

Event between (312645) 10EP65 and star GA0800:04558069 with event index number of 2295213

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/06/09 18:49:32 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:33:47.0 -09:33:13
Equinox of date position of star is 14:35:05.7 -09:39:36
Stellar brightness G=15.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 146 degrees from the moon. Moon is 36% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.8

Object is 33.7 AU from the Sun and 32.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 88 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1200 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.4
Diameter=478.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 28.3 sec chord
Diameter=195.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 2:1E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 312645, (2026/06/09 18:49UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:35.4 -11:17:54  1.0 16.94 162
27Bet Lib      15:18:26.0 -09:28:44  2.6 10.66 135
PPM 229046     14:38:24.7 -12:25:01  6.2  2.86 145
PPM 197657     14:33:59.4 -09:52:20  8.5  0.36 146
PPM 197679     14:35:20.8 -09:36:39  9.3  0.07 146
312645         14:35:12.1 -09:40:06 15.0       145
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 312645, (2026/06/09 18:49UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 16.94 162
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6 10.66 135
PPM 229046     14:36:58.5 -12:18:12  6.2  2.86 145
PPM 197657     14:32:34.3 -09:45:24  8.5  0.36 146
PPM 197679     14:33:55.8 -09:29:45  9.3  0.07 146
312645         14:33:47.0 -09:33:13 15.0       146
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/19 21:27:00 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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