RECON: TNO occultation with 599752

Event between (599752) 10VQ11 and star GA0980:00923900 with event index number of 2727982

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/01/08 14:26:03 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:36:34.8 +09:43:05
Equinox of date position of star is 05:37:50.8 +09:43:51
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 45 degrees from the moon. Moon is 97% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.8

Object is 41.0 AU from the Sun and 40.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 218 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1473 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.6
Diameter=448.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.4 sec chord
Diameter=183.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 599752, (2023/01/08 14:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:25.1 +07:24:34  0.4  5.14  42
Bellatrix      05:26:22.0 +06:22:07  1.6  4.40  49
PPM 149168     05:36:28.7 +09:37:36  6.3  0.35  46
PPM 149193     05:37:14.2 +09:32:41  8.2  0.24  46
PPM 149205     05:37:39.1 +09:46:01  8.9  0.06  45
599752         05:37:50.9 +09:43:51 16.0        45
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 599752, (2023/01/08 14:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  5.14  42
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6  4.40  49
PPM 149168     05:35:12.8 +09:36:48  6.3  0.35  46
PPM 149193     05:35:58.3 +09:31:54  8.2  0.24  46
PPM 149205     05:36:23.1 +09:45:15  8.9  0.06  45
599752         05:36:34.8 +09:43:05 16.0        45
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/02 00:29:33 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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