RECON: TNO occultation with 612352

Event between (612352) 02GY32 and star GA0660:11529333 with event index number of 2813943

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/06/17 17:35:27 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:16:34.8 -22:00:39
Equinox of date position of star is 17:17:57.6 -22:02:05
Stellar brightness G=15.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 105 degrees from the moon. Moon is 32% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.1

Object is 37.3 AU from the Sun and 36.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 820 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1815 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.4
Diameter=198.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.2 sec chord
Diameter=81.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 612352, (2029/06/17 17:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:13.1 -26:29:41  0.9 11.62  94
35Eta Oph      17:12:04.2 -15:45:33  2.6  6.45 103
40Xi Oph       17:22:46.4 -21:08:29  3.9  1.37 106
PPM 266631     17:18:09.9 -21:53:22  7.9  0.16 105
PPM 266638     17:18:34.5 -22:04:57  9.2  0.07 105
612352         17:18:21.0 -22:02:28 15.2       105
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 612352, (2029/06/17 17:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 11.62  94
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  6.45 103
40Xi Oph       17:21:00.8 -21:06:51  3.9  1.37 106
PPM 266631     17:16:23.8 -21:51:33  7.9  0.16 105
PPM 266638     17:16:48.2 -22:03:08  9.2  0.07 105
612352         17:16:34.8 -22:00:39 15.2       105
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/12/15 03:43:56 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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