RECON: TNO occultation with 40314

Event between (40314) 99KR16 and star GA0860:05492188 with event index number of 2309627

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/03/31 21:01:33 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:20:02.4 -02:48:25
Equinox of date position of star is 17:21:19.3 -02:49:49
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 156 degrees from the moon. Moon is 30% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.1

Object is 34.0 AU from the Sun and 33.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 12.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 105 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2122 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.6
Diameter=436.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 37.0 sec chord
Diameter=178.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 15.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 40314, (2028/03/31 21:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:08.7 -26:29:32  0.9 26.56 172
60Bet Oph      17:44:52.2 +04:33:27  2.8  9.42 148
PPM 180059     17:27:25.9 -01:40:27  6.4  1.88 155
PPM 200555     17:20:50.0 -02:46:35  7.4  0.18 156
PPM 200567     17:21:56.1 -02:46:00  9.6  0.12 156
40314          17:21:31.1 -02:50:02 16.2       156
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 40314, (2028/03/31 21:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 26.56 172
60Bet Oph      17:43:28.3 +04:34:06  2.8  9.42 148
PPM 180059     17:25:58.0 -01:39:05  6.4  1.88 155
PPM 200555     17:19:21.3 -02:44:57  7.4  0.18 156
PPM 200567     17:20:27.4 -02:44:25  9.6  0.12 156
40314          17:20:02.4 -02:48:25 16.2       156
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/23 21:29:46 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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