RECON: TNO occultation with 548141

Event between (548141) 10CD270 and star GA1040:03564029 with event index number of 2399687

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/05/17 19:37:09 UTC

J2000 position of star is 12:47:41.6 +14:33:23
Equinox of date position of star is 12:48:54.7 +14:25:26
Stellar brightness G=13.4, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 20 degrees from the moon. Moon is 72% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1

Object is 25.0 AU from the Sun and 24.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.7 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 82 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 911 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.0
Diameter=145.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.9 sec chord
Diameter=59.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 548141, (2024/05/17 19:36UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:16:46.7 +19:03:29  0.0 21.52  41
Vindemiatrix   13:03:23.5 +10:49:43  2.8  5.04  22
29 Com         12:50:07.5 +13:59:24  5.6  0.52  20
28 Com         12:49:27.6 +13:25:13  6.1  1.01  20
29 Com         12:50:07.5 +13:59:24  5.6  0.52  20
PPM 129354     12:50:01.4 +14:37:32 11.0  0.34  20
548141         12:48:54.8 +14:25:25 13.4        20
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 548141, (2024/05/17 19:36UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:15:38.0 +19:10:14  0.0 21.52  41
Vindemiatrix   13:02:10.2 +10:57:33  2.8  5.04  22
29 Com         12:48:54.2 +14:07:21  5.6  0.52  20
28 Com         12:48:14.3 +13:33:10  6.1  1.01  20
29 Com         12:48:54.2 +14:07:21  5.6  0.52  20
PPM 129354     12:48:48.3 +14:45:30 11.0  0.34  20
548141         12:47:41.6 +14:33:23 13.4        20
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/05/05 03:29:02 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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