RECON: TNO occultation with 60608

Event between (60608) 00EE173 and star GA0660:06408035 with event index number of 2248969

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/03/27 19:11:40 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:14:23.4 -23:39:48
Equinox of date position of star is 15:15:48.2 -23:45:06
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 18 degrees from the moon. Moon is 94% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.0

Object is 27.6 AU from the Sun and 26.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 14.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 174 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1119 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.5
Diameter=121.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.4 sec chord
Diameter=49.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 60608, (2024/03/27 19:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:53.9 -26:29:01  0.9 17.20  35
7Del Sco       16:01:46.3 -22:41:19  2.3 10.61  27
PPM 263889     15:11:16.5 -24:04:37  6.5  1.09  17
PPM 263954     15:14:42.8 -24:05:52  7.0  0.43  18
PPM 263994     15:15:51.9 -23:37:24  9.7  0.13  18
60608          15:15:48.6 -23:45:08 16.6        18
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 60608, (2024/03/27 19:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 17.20  35
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3 10.61  27
PPM 263889     15:09:51.3 -23:59:10  6.5  1.09  17
PPM 263954     15:13:17.4 -24:00:30  7.0  0.43  18
PPM 263994     15:14:26.8 -23:32:04  9.7  0.13  18
60608          15:14:23.4 -23:39:48 16.6        18
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/13 04:29:46 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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