RECON: TNO occultation with 385201

Event between (385201) 99RN215 and star GA0920:00213152 with event index number of 2211838

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/01/30 10:52:32 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:31:29.9 +02:10:33
Equinox of date position of star is 02:32:37.7 +02:16:18
Stellar brightness G=13.6, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 73 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.3

TNO is 46.0 AU from the Sun and 46.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 8.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 269 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5847 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=303.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 34.8 sec chord
Diameter=123.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 14.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 385201, (2025/01/30 10:53UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:21.8 +16:33:28  0.8 33.79 106
68Omi Cet      02:20:36.9 -02:51:53  2.0  5.98  69
PPM 145662     02:32:02.3 +00:21:57  5.7  1.93  72
PPM 145609     02:29:17.8 +02:04:19  7.4  0.90  72
PPM 145634     02:30:49.2 +02:18:00 10.0  0.49  73
385201         02:32:47.8 +02:17:09 13.6        73
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 385201, (2025/01/30 10:53UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 33.79 106
68Omi Cet      02:19:20.8 -02:58:45  2.0  5.98  69
PPM 145662     02:30:45.1 +00:15:20  5.7  1.93  72
PPM 145609     02:27:59.9 +01:57:39  7.4  0.90  72
PPM 145634     02:29:31.3 +02:11:21 10.0  0.49  73
385201         02:31:29.9 +02:10:33 13.6        73
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/11/05 23:02:10 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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