Occultation event with (24451) 00QS104, event index number 4445
Regions able to see the event: US,SAfrica,UVa
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/10/21 02:25:57 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:11:37.0 +40:02:49
Equinox of date position of star is 05:13:28.9 +40:04:39
Star is 115 degrees from the moon. Moon is 73% illuminated.
Stellar brightness G=12.2, apparent brightess of occulting body is G=15.5
Use an exposure time of 0.12 seconds with the standard RECON-QHY system.
SNR of 18.4 per integration for unocculted signal
Expected flux drop is 95% with SNR of 17.6 for the occulted depth (per occulted point)
Apparent velocity is 11.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 12.8 arcsec/hr.
Position angle of asteroid motion is 144.5 degrees
The recommended exposure time corresponds to 1.4 km per image.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 2.0 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 30.8 km.
The sky-plane scale is 3217.3 km/arcsec.
Diameter estimates:
51.3 km assuming a 5% albedo, maximum of 4.5 sec for a central chord
20.9 km assuming a 30% albedo, maximum of 1.8 sec for a central chord
Cross-track diameter of 40.7 km used for deployment plan.
Star training set for 24451_00QS104, (2026/10/21 02:26UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:27.7 +16:33:40 0.8 24.78 105 3Iot Aur 04:58:44.6 +33:12:21 2.7 7.48 112 10Eta Aur 05:08:24.0 +41:16:05 3.2 1.53 114 PPM 047782 05:11:51.8 +40:11:03 8.5 0.33 114 PPM 070025 05:13:45.9 +39:58:33 9.0 0.12 115 24451_00QS104 05:13:28.9 +40:04:39 15.5 115 Positions are for equinox of date
This table contains the target star visibility for registered US sites that are relevant for this occultation. This list has been filtered to only those sites that can see the field and are within range of the shadow given the uncertainties. The observing time range has been calculated to cover the time of the event at each site with allowances for the event timing uncertainty plus time for obtaining a pre and post event baseline lightcurve. This set of stations has a 0.0 % chance of getting at least one chord. There is a 0.0% chance of 2 or more chords assuming clear weather for all.
| Site Name | Site mid-time (UT) |
Sun alt (deg) |
Sky | Moon | Star alt (deg) |
Star az (deg) |
Target | Observing Time | Xtrack (km) |
Prob |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
This table contains the target star visibility for registered UVa sites that are relevant for this occultation. This list has been filtered to only those sites that can see the field and are within range of the shadow given the uncertainties. The observing time range has been calculated to cover the time of the event at each site with allowances for the event timing uncertainty plus time for obtaining a pre and post event baseline lightcurve. This set of stations has a 0.0 % chance of getting at least one chord. There is a 0.0% chance of 2 or more chords assuming clear weather for all.
| Site Name | Site mid-time (UT) |
Sun alt (deg) |
Sky | Moon | Star alt (deg) |
Star az (deg) |
Target | Observing Time | Xtrack (km) |
Prob |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake_Anna | 02:33:56 | -48.0 | Dark | Up | 24.8 | 57.4 | Low | 02:31:00-02:37:00 | 212.0 | 0.000 | Lynchburg | 02:34:00 | -47.5 | Dark | Up | 23.7 | 56.7 | Low | 02:31:04-02:37:04 | 191.0 | 0.000 | Richmond | 02:33:53 | -48.6 | Dark | Up | 24.9 | 57.5 | Low | 02:30:53-02:36:53 | 154.1 | 0.000 |
Star training set for 24451_00QS104, (2026/10/21 02:26UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.4 +16:30:29 0.8 24.78 105 3Iot Aur 04:56:59.6 +33:09:57 2.7 7.48 112 10Eta Aur 05:06:31.0 +41:14:02 3.2 1.53 114 PPM 047782 05:09:59.8 +40:09:09 8.5 0.33 114 PPM 070025 05:11:54.1 +39:56:43 9.0 0.12 115 24451_00QS104 05:11:37.0 +40:02:49 15.5 115 Positions are for J2000