RECON: TNO occultation with 576212

Event between (576212) 12HL85 and star GA0660:06850545 with event index number of 2825598

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/09/11 00:24:22 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:37:26.5 -22:45:03
Equinox of date position of star is 15:38:47.6 -22:49:30
Stellar brightness G=14.1, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 33 degrees from the moon. Moon is 10% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.9

Object is 40.9 AU from the Sun and 41.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 365 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3473 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=302.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.8 sec chord
Diameter=123.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 576212, (2029/09/11 00:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:14.0 -26:29:43  0.9 12.37  45
7Del Sco       16:02:05.7 -22:42:13  2.3  5.28  38
PPM 264469     15:39:33.2 -23:14:16  5.8  0.40  33
PPM 264491     15:40:29.7 -23:08:40  7.1  0.42  33
PPM 264457     15:38:57.7 -23:00:15  9.3  0.17  33
576212         15:39:11.4 -22:50:48 14.1        33
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 576212, (2029/09/11 00:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 12.37  45
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3  5.28  38
PPM 264469     15:37:48.0 -23:08:32  5.8  0.40  33
PPM 264491     15:38:44.6 -23:02:58  7.1  0.42  33
PPM 264457     15:37:12.7 -22:54:30  9.3  0.17  33
576212         15:37:26.5 -22:45:03 14.1        33
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/12/16 04:00:53 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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