RECON: TNO occultation with 601690

Event between (601690) 13KZ18 and star GA1260:14129952 with event index number of 2732978

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/12/29 21:15:13 UTC

J2000 position of star is 23:58:16.4 +36:05:03
Equinox of date position of star is 23:59:29.1 +36:12:57
Stellar brightness G=15.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 108 degrees from the moon. Moon is 92% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

Object is 20.4 AU from the Sun and 20.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 14.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 71 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1024 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.9
Diameter=100.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.1 sec chord
Diameter=41.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 601690, (2023/12/29 21:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:42:15.0 +45:22:01  1.3 37.82 112
Scheat         23:04:56.4 +28:12:48  2.4 14.02 121
PPM 065095     00:14:05.6 +37:49:37  6.4  3.33 105
PPM 064947     00:04:00.1 +35:56:56  7.7  0.95 107
PPM 089298     00:00:35.2 +36:30:21 10.0  0.36 108
PPM 089284     23:59:44.9 +36:13:19 10.7  0.05 108
601690         23:59:30.1 +36:13:04 15.7       108
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 601690, (2023/12/29 21:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:41:25.9 +45:16:49  1.3 37.82 112
Scheat         23:03:46.8 +28:05:01  2.4 14.02 121
PPM 065095     00:12:50.3 +37:41:37  6.4  3.33 105
PPM 064947     00:02:46.0 +35:48:56  7.7  0.95 107
PPM 089298     23:59:21.4 +36:22:21 10.0  0.36 108
PPM 089284     23:58:31.3 +36:05:18 10.7  0.05 108
601690         23:58:16.4 +36:05:03 15.7       108
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/09/03 03:04:10 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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