RECON: TNO occultation with 524049

Event between (524049) 00CQ105 and star GA1060:03377498 with event index number of 1591546

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/04/12 14:12:53 UTC

J2000 position of star is 11:03:44.0 +17:23:35
Equinox of date position of star is 11:04:57.7 +17:16:03
Stellar brightness G=11.0, use SENSEUP=4 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 125 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 122 degrees from the moon. Moon is 59% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.6

Object is 42.8 AU from the Sun and 42.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 180 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1666 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=331.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.5 sec chord
Diameter=135.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 524049, (2023/04/12 14:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:36.6 +11:51:09  1.3 14.44 132
68Del Leo      11:15:20.6 +20:23:45  2.6  3.98 121
60 Leo         11:03:34.1 +20:03:16  4.4  2.81 123
PPM 127914     11:02:57.7 +17:14:03  8.3  0.48 123
PPM 127923     11:03:23.8 +17:30:19  9.8  0.44 123
PPM 127945     11:05:36.5 +17:22:34 10.7  0.19 122
524049         11:04:57.9 +17:16:02 11.0       122
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 524049, (2023/04/12 14:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:22.0 +11:58:02  1.3 14.44 132
68Del Leo      11:14:06.7 +20:31:23  2.6  3.98 121
60 Leo         11:02:19.7 +20:10:49  4.4  2.81 123
PPM 127914     11:01:43.7 +17:21:35  8.3  0.48 123
PPM 127923     11:02:09.8 +17:37:51  9.8  0.44 123
PPM 127945     11:04:22.5 +17:30:07 10.7  0.19 122
524049         11:03:44.0 +17:23:35 11.0       122
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/03/27 03:04:46 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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