RECON observing guide for 4707_Khryses_20251214121405

Occultation event with (4707) Khryses, event index number 1681
Regions able to see the event: Australia

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/12/14 12:14:05 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:06:15.9 +26:06:59
Equinox of date position of star is 03:07:48.1 +26:12:55
Star is 151 degrees from the moon. Moon is 26% illuminated.
Stellar brightness G=16.4, apparent brightess of occulting body is G=15.3
Use an exposure time of 0.95 seconds with the standard RECON-QHY system.
SNR of 3.1 per integration for unocculted signal
Expected flux drop is 26% with SNR of 0.8 for the occulted depth (per occulted point)

Apparent velocity is 11.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 15.2 arcsec/hr.
Position angle of asteroid motion is 61.1 degrees
The recommended exposure time corresponds to 11.1 km per image.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 2.1 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 25.1 km.
The sky-plane scale is 2769.1 km/arcsec.

Diameter estimates:
43.8 km assuming a 5% albedo, aximum of 3.7 sec for a central chord
17.9 km assuming a 30% albedo, maximum of 1.5 sec for a central chord
Cross-track diameter of 37.8 km used for deployment plan.

Star training set for 4707_Khryses, (2025/12/14 12:14UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:24.8 +16:33:34  0.8 22.94 132
44Zet Per      03:55:46.2 +31:57:31  2.8 11.94 139
52 Ari         03:06:58.4 +25:21:16  6.1  0.88 151
PPM 092198     03:07:02.9 +25:58:05  8.8  0.30 151
PPM 092207     03:07:44.9 +26:08:20 10.4  0.08 151
4707_Khryses   03:07:48.1 +26:12:55 15.3       150
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.

Star training set for 4707_Khryses, (2025/12/14 12:14UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.4 +16:30:29  0.8 22.94 132
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8 11.94 139
52 Ari         03:05:26.7 +25:15:19  6.1  0.88 151
PPM 092198     03:05:30.8 +25:52:07  8.8  0.30 151
PPM 092207     03:06:12.7 +26:02:23 10.4  0.08 151
4707_Khryses   03:06:15.9 +26:06:59 15.3       151
Positions are for J2000


Created by recondetail.pro, 2025/05/30 09:35:45 MT