RECON: TNO occultation with 38084

Event between (38084) 99HB12 and star GA0800:05196522 with event index number of 1416160

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/07/04 14:16:51 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:27:16.2 -08:13:50
Equinox of date position of star is 16:28:35.3 -08:17:00
Stellar brightness G=15.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 38 degrees from the moon. Moon is 67% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.3

Object is 32.9 AU from the Sun and 32.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 116 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1238 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=231.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.0 sec chord
Diameter=94.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:2EEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 38084, (2025/07/04 14:17UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:58.5 -26:29:11  0.9 18.21  37
13Zet Oph      16:38:34.0 -10:37:00  2.6  3.38  40
3Ups Oph       16:29:11.1 -08:25:36  4.2  0.19  38
PPM 199656     16:27:35.3 -08:15:29  8.4  0.27  37
PPM 199685     16:29:03.9 -08:19:07  9.6  0.11  38
38084          16:28:39.2 -08:17:10 15.7        38
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 38084, (2025/07/04 14:17UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 18.21  37
13Zet Oph      16:37:09.6 -10:34:01  2.6  3.38  40
3Ups Oph       16:27:48.0 -08:22:18  4.2  0.19  38
PPM 199656     16:26:12.3 -08:12:07  8.4  0.27  37
PPM 199685     16:27:40.9 -08:15:48  9.6  0.11  38
38084          16:27:16.2 -08:13:50 15.7        38
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/23 03:22:28 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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