RECON: TNO occultation with 545361

Event between (545361) 11GZ61 and star GA0660:06080795 with event index number of 2398707

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/05/29 14:44:47 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:19:56.0 -22:19:18
Equinox of date position of star is 14:21:18.4 -22:25:56
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 104 degrees from the moon. Moon is 63% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.7

Object is 38.8 AU from the Sun and 37.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 101 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1528 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=401.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.5 sec chord
Diameter=164.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 545361, (2024/05/29 14:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:29.0 -11:17:17  1.0 17.19 120
5The Cen       14:08:07.8 -36:29:19  2.1 14.34 100
PPM 262630     14:13:47.8 -24:28:37  6.2  2.67 104
PPM 262769     14:20:28.7 -23:03:54  8.2  0.66 103
PPM 262784     14:21:05.8 -21:58:37  9.9  0.46 104
545361         14:21:18.8 -22:25:58 16.9       103
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 545361, (2024/05/29 14:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 17.19 120
5The Cen       14:06:40.0 -36:22:23  2.1 14.34 100
PPM 262630     14:12:24.6 -24:21:48  6.2  2.67 104
PPM 262769     14:19:05.7 -22:57:13  8.2  0.66 103
PPM 262784     14:19:43.1 -21:51:57  9.9  0.46 104
545361         14:19:56.0 -22:19:18 16.9       104
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/18 03:36:43 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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