RECON: TNO occultation with 451657

Event between (451657) 12WD36 and star GA0880:00325368 with event index number of 2441807

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/07/20 03:32:14 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:50:34.6 -00:18:02
Equinox of date position of star is 03:51:42.4 -00:14:06
Stellar brightness G=15.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 101 degrees from the moon. Moon is 98% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.4

TNO is 43.7 AU from the Sun and 44.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1397 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4660 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=258.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.1 sec chord
Diameter=105.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 451657, (2027/07/20 03:32UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:30.3 +16:33:45  0.8 20.19 116
Menkar         03:03:43.4 +04:11:46  2.5 12.84  91
PPM 146935     03:50:03.9 +00:18:38  5.9  0.71 101
PPM 175388     03:50:55.1 -00:16:25  8.5  0.27 101
PPM 175392     03:52:16.8 -00:05:00  8.8  0.15 101
451657         03:51:59.2 -00:13:08 15.6       102
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 451657, (2027/07/20 03:32UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 20.19 116
Menkar         03:02:16.8 +04:05:21  2.5 12.84  91
PPM 146935     03:48:39.0 +00:13:40  5.9  0.71 101
PPM 175388     03:49:30.5 -00:21:21  8.5  0.27 101
PPM 175392     03:50:52.2 -00:09:53  8.8  0.15 101
451657         03:50:34.6 -00:18:02 15.6       101
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/01/27 00:29:34 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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