RECON: TNO occultation with 576256

Event between (576256) 12JH67 and star GA0620:07538513 with event index number of 2524003

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/06/16 00:07:01 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:48:19.4 -26:54:19
Equinox of date position of star is 15:49:39.8 -26:58:18
Stellar brightness G=14.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 143 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.4

TNO is 48.4 AU from the Sun and 47.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 22.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 343 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3228 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.5
Diameter=476.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 20.8 sec chord
Diameter=194.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 2:1E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 576256, (2026/06/16 00:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:02.0 -26:29:18  0.9  9.19 152
7Del Sco       16:01:54.2 -22:41:41  2.3  5.08 145
PPM 264761     15:52:10.9 -26:22:05  6.5  0.80 144
PPM 264670     15:48:15.6 -26:47:16  8.5  0.42 143
PPM 264721     15:50:21.3 -27:16:17  8.8  0.30 143
576256         15:49:55.9 -26:59:06 14.4       144
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 576256, (2026/06/16 00:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  9.19 152
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3  5.08 145
PPM 264761     15:50:34.7 -26:17:23  6.5  0.80 144
PPM 264670     15:46:39.3 -26:42:26  8.5  0.42 143
PPM 264721     15:48:44.6 -27:11:31  8.8  0.30 143
576256         15:48:19.4 -26:54:19 14.4       143
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/01/14 00:39:09 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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