RECON: TNO occultation with 386968

Event between (386968) 12BR61 and star GA0640:25627563 with event index number of 2214619

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/03/09 23:52:56 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:15:54.7 -25:13:26
Equinox of date position of star is 18:17:24.2 -25:12:51
Stellar brightness G=17.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 94 degrees from the moon. Moon is 3% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9

Object is 16.7 AU from the Sun and 16.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 77 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 619 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.3
Diameter=82.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.4 sec chord
Diameter=33.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 386968, (2027/03/09 23:52UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:04.7 -26:29:24  0.9 23.95 118
Nunki          18:56:56.9 -26:15:37  2.0  8.92  86
PPM 268291     18:23:11.8 -24:54:01  6.0  1.31  93
PPM 268191     18:19:16.9 -25:19:47  8.2  0.40  94
PPM 268149     18:17:39.2 -25:26:56  9.8  0.24  94
386968         18:17:35.3 -25:12:47 17.0        94
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 386968, (2027/03/09 23:52UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 23.95 118
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0  8.92  86
PPM 268291     18:21:31.4 -24:54:54  6.0  1.31  93
PPM 268191     18:17:36.1 -25:20:31  8.2  0.40  94
PPM 268149     18:15:58.3 -25:27:36  9.8  0.24  94
386968         18:15:54.7 -25:13:26 17.0        94
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/05 05:04:28 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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