RECON: TNO occultation with 54598

Event between (54598) Bienor and star GA1300:03574833 with event index number of 1299496

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/03/31 20:30:47 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:36:07.1 +40:37:36
Equinox of date position of star is 06:37:48.8 +40:36:18
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 163 degrees from the moon. Moon is 64% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.1

Object is 13.5 AU from the Sun and 13.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 14.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 36 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 546 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.4
Diameter=195.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.4 sec chord
Diameter=79.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 54598, (2024/03/31 20:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:47.9 +27:57:56  1.1 18.98 153
34Bet Aur      06:01:18.5 +44:56:50  1.9  7.98 163
52Psi3Aur      06:40:30.4 +39:52:44  5.2  0.89 163
PPM 049235     06:42:03.5 +40:56:44  7.3  0.87 163
PPM 049146     06:35:34.1 +40:32:54 10.0  0.43 164
PPM 049164     06:36:58.5 +40:35:17 10.5  0.16 163
54598          06:37:49.1 +40:36:18 16.4       163
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 54598, (2024/03/31 20:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 18.98 153
34Bet Aur      05:59:31.6 +44:56:51  1.9  7.98 163
52Psi3Aur      06:38:49.2 +39:54:08  5.2  0.89 163
PPM 049235     06:40:21.3 +40:58:11  7.3  0.87 163
PPM 049146     06:33:52.1 +40:34:08 10.0  0.43 164
PPM 049164     06:35:16.5 +40:36:34 10.5  0.16 163
54598          06:36:07.1 +40:37:36 16.4       163
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/05 04:22:10 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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