RECON: TNO occultation with 505412

Event between (505412) 13QO95 and star GA0920:00259317 with event index number of 2451687

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/01/19 08:44:14 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:02:23.9 +03:42:27
Equinox of date position of star is 03:03:32.4 +03:47:33
Stellar brightness G=14.4, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 15 degrees from the moon. Moon is 63% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.8

TNO is 38.7 AU from the Sun and 38.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 8.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 273 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2579 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=275.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 30.8 sec chord
Diameter=112.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 12.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 505412, (2024/01/19 08:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:18.2 +16:33:21  0.8 26.29  27
Menkar         03:03:32.4 +04:10:58  2.5  0.38  15
93 Cet         03:03:38.3 +04:26:47  5.4  0.65  14
PPM 146162     03:03:06.5 +03:13:54  8.1  0.59  16
PPM 146181     03:04:01.7 +03:43:26  9.4  0.12  15
505412         03:03:39.4 +03:48:04 14.4        15
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 505412, (2024/01/19 08:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 26.29  27
Menkar         03:02:16.8 +04:05:21  2.5  0.38  15
93 Cet         03:02:22.5 +04:21:11  5.4  0.65  14
PPM 146162     03:01:51.3 +03:08:17  8.1  0.59  16
PPM 146181     03:02:46.2 +03:37:51  9.4  0.12  15
505412         03:02:23.9 +03:42:27 14.4        15
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/25 23:39:18 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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