RECON: TNO occultation with 550310

Event between (550310) 12DD86 and star GA0780:05770448 with event index number of 2400219

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/03/04 13:45:15 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:02:22.6 -10:28:20
Equinox of date position of star is 17:03:43.8 -10:30:21
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 164 degrees from the moon. Moon is 52% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.7

Object is 19.5 AU from the Sun and 19.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 10.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 178 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1127 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=75.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.5 sec chord
Diameter=30.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 550310, (2028/03/04 13:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:08.4 -26:29:31  0.9 17.76 173
35Eta Oph      17:11:59.8 -15:45:28  2.6  5.60 169
PPM 232375     16:58:59.7 -11:00:21  6.3  1.31 165
PPM 232500     17:03:56.3 -10:59:26  7.6  0.48 165
PPM 232511     17:04:18.1 -10:34:21  9.3  0.11 164
550310         17:03:56.0 -10:30:39 16.0       164
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, (2028/03/04 13:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 17.76 173
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.8 -15:43:29  2.6  5.60 169
PPM 232375     16:57:26.0 -10:57:50  6.3  1.31 165
PPM 232500     17:02:22.6 -10:57:07  7.6  0.48 165
PPM 232511     17:02:44.7 -10:32:03  9.3  0.11 164
550310         17:02:22.6 -10:28:20 16.0       164
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/23 21:29:25 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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