RECON: TNO occultation with 363401

Event between (363401) 03LB7 and star GA0640:17847172 with event index number of 1508004

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/06/11 14:00:46 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:39:47.4 -24:43:52
Equinox of date position of star is 17:41:17.7 -24:44:34
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 126 degrees from the moon. Moon is 18% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.9

Object is 42.0 AU from the Sun and 41.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 519 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2666 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=275.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.2 sec chord
Diameter=112.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 363401, (2026/06/11 14:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:02.0 -26:29:18  0.9 15.95 141
35Eta Oph      17:11:53.8 -15:45:21  2.6 11.34 132
51 Oph         17:33:01.9 -23:58:51  4.8  2.06 127
PPM 267136     17:42:26.8 -23:50:53  8.2  0.93 125
PPM 267128     17:41:22.5 -24:28:37  9.5  0.27 126
363401         17:41:25.0 -24:44:37 16.4       125
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 363401, (2026/06/11 14:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 15.95 141
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6 11.34 132
51 Oph         17:31:25.0 -23:57:46  4.8  2.06 127
PPM 267136     17:40:49.9 -23:50:10  8.2  0.93 125
PPM 267128     17:39:45.2 -24:27:52  9.5  0.27 126
363401         17:39:47.4 -24:43:52 16.4       126
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/19 21:27:01 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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