RECON: TNO occultation with 316179

Event between (316179) 10EN65 and star GA0700:05237676 with event index number of 2195453

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/12/25 20:37:25 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:31:00.1 -19:21:09
Equinox of date position of star is 13:32:16.3 -19:28:21
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 43 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

Object is 30.2 AU from the Sun and 30.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 121 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1521 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=221.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.6 sec chord
Diameter=90.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 316179, (2027/12/25 20:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:40.3 -11:18:23  1.0  8.31  47
73 Vir         13:33:33.7 -18:52:20  6.0  0.67  43
PPM 227399     13:32:26.4 -19:42:14  7.5  0.21  43
PPM 227396     13:32:15.4 -19:31:51  9.1  0.07  43
316179         13:32:31.3 -19:29:45 16.7        42
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 316179, (2027/12/25 20:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0  8.31  47
73 Vir         13:32:02.7 -18:43:44  6.0  0.67  43
PPM 227399     13:30:55.1 -19:33:37  7.5  0.21  43
PPM 227396     13:30:44.3 -19:23:14  9.1  0.07  43
316179         13:31:00.1 -19:21:09 16.7        43
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/05/22 02:41:01 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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