RECON: TNO occultation with 576162

Event between (576162) 12GT41 and star GA0820:17067555 with event index number of 2522621

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/10/17 15:55:52 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:59:27.7 -06:19:39
Equinox of date position of star is 19:00:41.1 -06:17:40
Stellar brightness G=15.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 122 degrees from the moon. Moon is 14% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.3

TNO is 17.7 AU from the Sun and 17.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 118 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1381 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=73.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.4 sec chord
Diameter=30.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 576162, (2025/10/17 15:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:59.6 -26:29:13  0.9 40.97  88
Nunki          18:56:51.8 -26:15:44  2.0 19.99 121
Eta Sct        18:58:26.5 -05:48:39  4.8  0.77 122
PPM 202437     19:02:50.2 -06:09:15  7.9  0.51 123
PPM 202394     19:01:00.4 -06:02:07  9.6  0.26 122
576162         19:00:50.7 -06:17:25 15.8       123
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 576162, (2025/10/17 15:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 40.97  88
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0 19.99 121
Eta Sct        18:57:03.8 -05:50:48  4.8  0.77 122
PPM 202437     19:01:27.3 -06:11:34  7.9  0.51 123
PPM 202394     18:59:37.6 -06:04:21  9.6  0.26 122
576162         18:59:27.7 -06:19:39 15.8       122
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/28 03:03:10 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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