RECON: TNO occultation with 600217

Event between (600217) 11QY100 and star GA0880:02876406 with event index number of 2730955

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/01/26 14:34:57 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:22:13.4 -01:28:15
Equinox of date position of star is 07:23:20.1 -01:30:50
Stellar brightness G=14.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 74 degrees from the moon. Moon is 55% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.4

TNO is 20.7 AU from the Sun and 19.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 88 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 955 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.2
Diameter=137.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.4 sec chord
Diameter=56.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 600217, (2026/01/26 14:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Sirius         06:46:17.9 -16:45:08 -1.5 17.77  72
Alhena         06:39:13.1 +16:22:29  1.9 20.98  58
PPM 190211     07:23:37.0 -03:01:50  6.5  1.51  75
PPM 176847     07:21:09.9 -01:22:09  7.9  0.61  74
PPM 176876     07:23:59.1 -01:37:06 10.0  0.15  74
PPM 176871     07:23:16.7 -01:32:59 10.5  0.07  74
600217         07:23:32.7 -01:31:19 14.9        74
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, (2026/01/26 14:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Sirius         06:45:08.0 -16:43:24 -1.5 17.77  72
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9 20.98  58
PPM 190211     07:22:18.6 -02:58:45  6.5  1.51  75
PPM 176847     07:19:50.5 -01:19:09  7.9  0.61  74
PPM 176876     07:22:39.8 -01:34:01 10.0  0.15  74
PPM 176871     07:21:57.4 -01:29:55 10.5  0.07  74
600217         07:22:13.4 -01:28:15 14.9        74
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/12/02 02:51:17 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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