RECON: TNO occultation with 04HX78

Event between 04HX78 and star GA0780:09502577 with event index number of 2011513

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/06/05 01:31:00 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:07:17.2 -11:58:51
Equinox of date position of star is 18:08:37.3 -11:58:34
Stellar brightness G=15.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 141 degrees from the moon. Moon is 3% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.2

Object is 33.8 AU from the Sun and 32.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 334 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2893 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.9
Diameter=159.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.0 sec chord
Diameter=65.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 04HX78, (2024/06/05 01:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:54.6 -26:29:03  0.9 27.17 166
35Eta Oph      17:11:46.9 -15:45:12  2.6 14.31 155
PPM 234113     18:11:06.6 -13:55:42  6.4  2.04 141
PPM 234090     18:10:21.8 -11:44:17  8.2  0.48 141
PPM 234042     18:07:55.8 -11:55:29  9.8  0.18 141
04HX78         18:08:39.3 -11:58:34 15.5       141
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 04HX78, (2024/06/05 01:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 27.17 166
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6 14.31 155
PPM 234113     18:09:43.4 -13:56:04  6.4  2.04 141
PPM 234090     18:08:59.9 -11:44:38  8.2  0.48 141
PPM 234042     18:06:33.8 -11:55:44  9.8  0.18 141
04HX78         18:07:17.2 -11:58:51 15.5       141
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/04 04:12:49 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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