RECON: TNO occultation with 31824

Event between (31824) Elatus and star GA0720:05677790 with event index number of 2195789

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/02/12 00:39:10 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:46:26.6 -16:58:55
Equinox of date position of star is 15:47:49.3 -17:03:21
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 76 degrees from the moon. Moon is 97% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1

Object is 13.8 AU from the Sun and 13.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 10.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 313 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1178 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.3
Diameter=56.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.1 sec chord
Diameter=23.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 31824, (2028/02/12 00:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:08.2 -26:29:31  0.9 13.73  87
8Bet1Sco       16:07:04.6 -19:52:48  2.6  5.32  81
44Eta Lib      15:45:39.6 -15:45:37  5.4  1.43  75
PPM 230708     15:47:26.5 -17:02:13  8.0  0.15  76
31824          15:48:02.7 -17:04:04 16.8        76
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 31824, (2028/02/12 00:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 13.73  87
8Bet1Sco       16:05:26.2 -19:48:20  2.6  5.32  81
44Eta Lib      15:44:04.4 -15:40:24  5.4  1.43  75
PPM 230708     15:45:50.4 -16:57:03  8.0  0.15  76
31824          15:46:26.6 -16:58:55 16.8        76
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/06 04:37:08 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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