RECON: TNO occultation with 600217

Event between (600217) 11QY100 and star GA0880:02229829 with event index number of 2730678

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/02/16 00:01:27 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:58:10.9 -01:37:57
Equinox of date position of star is 06:59:17.5 -01:39:49
Stellar brightness G=15.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 81 degrees from the moon. Moon is 89% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.4

TNO is 20.3 AU from the Sun and 19.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 67 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1233 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.2
Diameter=137.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.0 sec chord
Diameter=56.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 600217, (2025/02/16 00:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Sirius         06:46:15.4 -16:45:04 -1.5 15.43  83
2Bet CMa       06:23:48.4 -17:58:12  2.0 18.50  89
PPM 176522     06:55:41.2 -01:09:37  5.2  1.07  82
PPM 176560     06:58:44.0 -01:24:35  8.2  0.31  81
PPM 176570     06:59:49.3 -01:39:20  8.9  0.09  81
600217         06:59:27.3 -01:40:05 15.7        80
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 600217, (2025/02/16 00:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Sirius         06:45:08.0 -16:43:24 -1.5 15.43  83
2Bet CMa       06:22:42.0 -17:57:21  2.0 18.50  89
PPM 176522     06:54:24.6 -01:07:37  5.2  1.07  82
PPM 176560     06:57:27.5 -01:22:29  8.2  0.31  81
PPM 176570     06:58:33.0 -01:37:12  8.9  0.09  81
600217         06:58:10.9 -01:37:57 15.7        81
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/12/02 02:26:06 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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