RECON: TNO occultation with 550310

Event between (550310) 12DD86 and star GA0800:04804213 with event index number of 2399967

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/09/07 20:04:25 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:33:21.4 -08:02:32
Equinox of date position of star is 15:34:40.3 -08:07:23
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 21 degrees from the moon. Moon is 19% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.4

Object is 18.0 AU from the Sun and 18.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 43 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 724 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=75.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.9 sec chord
Diameter=30.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 550310, (2024/09/07 20:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:55.5 -26:29:05  0.9 22.70  32
27Bet Lib      15:18:20.4 -09:28:21  2.6  4.26  16
PPM 198725     15:35:46.7 -09:15:53  5.6  1.17  20
PPM 198696     15:34:26.0 -08:09:49  8.4  0.07  21
550310         15:34:41.1 -08:07:26 16.2        21
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 550310, (2024/09/07 20:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 22.70  32
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  4.26  16
PPM 198725     15:34:26.4 -09:11:01  5.6  1.17  20
PPM 198696     15:33:06.3 -08:04:54  8.4  0.07  21
550310         15:33:21.4 -08:02:32 16.2        21
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/12 03:39:53 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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