RECON: TNO occultation with 531224

Event between (531224) 12HK85 and star GA0720:05470712 with event index number of 2442158

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/08/28 22:02:00 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:18:53.9 -16:23:02
Equinox of date position of star is 15:20:16.4 -16:28:18
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 134 degrees from the moon. Moon is 24% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.9

Object is 38.6 AU from the Sun and 38.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 298 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2065 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=259.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.8 sec chord
Diameter=105.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 531224, (2024/08/28 22:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:55.4 -26:29:04  0.9 19.21 153
27Bet Lib      15:18:20.3 -09:28:20  2.6  7.02 130
28 Lib         15:22:17.9 -18:14:47  6.4  1.84 135
PPM 230166     15:24:54.4 -16:39:02  7.6  1.12 135
PPM 230054     15:20:21.3 -16:22:06  9.7  0.11 134
531224         15:20:17.1 -16:28:21 16.6       134
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 531224, (2024/08/28 22:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 19.21 153
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  7.02 130
28 Lib         15:20:53.7 -18:09:32  6.4  1.84 135
PPM 230166     15:23:30.9 -16:33:51  7.6  1.12 135
PPM 230054     15:18:58.0 -16:16:48  9.7  0.11 134
531224         15:18:53.9 -16:23:02 16.6       134
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/12 03:39:50 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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