RECON: TNO occultation with 312645

Event between (312645) 10EP65 and star GA0800:04633545 with event index number of 2295243

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/04/18 00:13:17 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:55:29.9 -09:55:59
Equinox of date position of star is 14:56:49.2 -10:01:52
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 88 degrees from the moon. Moon is 38% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.7

Object is 34.0 AU from the Sun and 33.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.0 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 84 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1268 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.4
Diameter=478.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 21.3 sec chord
Diameter=195.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 2:1E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 312645, (2028/04/18 00:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:41.3 -11:18:29  1.0 22.22 109
27Bet Lib      15:18:32.1 -09:29:08  2.6  5.33  83
18 Lib         15:00:25.7 -11:15:22  5.8  1.47  87
PPM 229488     14:57:02.8 -10:23:41  8.3  0.35  88
PPM 229504     14:57:27.9 -10:11:18  9.5  0.18  88
312645         14:57:01.5 -10:02:47 16.2        88
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, (2028/04/18 00:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 22.22 109
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  5.33  83
18 Lib         14:58:53.4 -11:08:40  5.8  1.47  87
PPM 229488     14:55:31.0 -10:16:54  8.3  0.35  88
PPM 229504     14:55:56.2 -10:04:31  9.5  0.18  88
312645         14:55:29.9 -09:55:59 16.2        88
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/23 21:31:09 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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