RECON: TNO occultation with 341520

Event between (341520) Mors-Somnus and star GA1020:00560186 with event index number of 2227633

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/10/15 18:47:34 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:48:38.7 +12:57:36
Equinox of date position of star is 04:50:00.1 +13:00:03
Stellar brightness G=14.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 97 degrees from the moon. Moon is 8% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.6

Object is 29.6 AU from the Sun and 29.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 14.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 179 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1251 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=257.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.4 sec chord
Diameter=104.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 341520, (2028/10/15 18:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:34.5 +16:33:54  0.8  4.70 100
Bellatrix      05:26:40.6 +06:22:24  1.6 11.16  88
PPM 120228     04:47:38.0 +11:45:21  5.6  1.41  97
PPM 120276     04:50:10.2 +12:58:26  8.3  0.04  97
341520         04:50:15.7 +13:00:31 14.5        96
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 341520, (2028/10/15 18:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8  4.70 100
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6 11.16  88
PPM 120228     04:46:01.8 +11:42:20  5.6  1.41  97
PPM 120276     04:48:33.3 +12:55:31  8.3  0.04  97
341520         04:48:38.7 +12:57:36 14.5        97
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/07 04:46:35 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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