RECON: TNO occultation with 531016

Event between (531016) 12BZ154 and star GA0940:03331235 with event index number of 2444527

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/11/03 16:25:58 UTC

J2000 position of star is 08:58:01.8 +04:56:16
Equinox of date position of star is 08:59:12.0 +04:51:02
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 109 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.1

TNO is 38.2 AU from the Sun and 38.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 10.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 318 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3813 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=230.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 21.0 sec chord
Diameter=94.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 531016, (2024/11/03 16:25UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:41.6 +11:50:41  1.3 18.75  96
Alphard        09:28:48.5 -08:46:03  2.0 15.46  96
16Zet Hya      08:56:42.3 +05:50:58  3.1  1.20 110
PPM 155224     08:57:55.2 +04:08:24  7.6  0.78 109
PPM 155218     08:57:40.1 +04:50:36  9.0  0.42 109
PPM 155259     08:59:31.3 +04:30:31 11.5  0.33 108
531016         08:59:20.2 +04:50:26 16.2       108
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 531016, (2024/11/03 16:25UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 18.75  96
Alphard        09:27:35.2 -08:39:30  2.0 15.46  96
16Zet Hya      08:55:23.5 +05:56:44  3.1  1.20 110
PPM 155224     08:56:37.0 +04:14:12  7.6  0.78 109
PPM 155218     08:56:21.7 +04:56:24  9.0  0.42 109
PPM 155259     08:58:13.0 +04:36:22 11.5  0.33 108
531016         08:58:01.8 +04:56:16 16.2       109
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/30 23:15:50 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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