RECON: TNO occultation with 600217

Event between (600217) 11QY100 and star GA0880:03454371 with event index number of 2731267

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/01/23 22:35:09 UTC

J2000 position of star is 08:03:27.1 -00:32:28
Equinox of date position of star is 08:04:34.8 -00:36:16
Stellar brightness G=13.0, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 143 degrees from the moon. Moon is 7% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.6

TNO is 21.7 AU from the Sun and 20.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 22.5 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 135 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1200 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.2
Diameter=137.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.1 sec chord
Diameter=56.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 600217, (2028/01/23 22:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Sirius         06:46:23.3 -16:45:16 -1.5 25.18 137
Alphard        09:28:58.0 -08:46:54  2.0 22.47 122
29Zet Mon      08:10:00.2 -03:04:03  4.0  2.76 140
28 Mon         08:02:38.9 -01:28:21  6.7  1.02 143
PPM 177246     08:03:36.2 -01:02:38  9.1  0.53 143
PPM 177262     08:05:20.6 -00:18:59 10.3  0.33 143
600217         08:04:53.0 -00:37:18 13.0       143
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, (2028/01/23 22:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Sirius         06:45:08.0 -16:43:25 -1.5 25.18 137
Alphard        09:27:35.2 -08:39:30  2.0 22.47 122
29Zet Mon      08:08:35.6 -02:59:02  4.0  2.76 140
28 Mon         08:01:13.5 -01:23:35  6.7  1.02 143
PPM 177246     08:02:10.5 -00:57:51  9.1  0.53 143
PPM 177262     08:03:54.5 -00:14:08 10.3  0.33 143
600217         08:03:27.1 -00:32:28 13.0       143
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/02/05 00:29:12 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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