RECON: TNO occultation with 145453

Event between (145453) 05RR43 and star GA1080:00913160 with event index number of 2469453

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/12/02 23:39:56 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:16:34.3 +19:32:52
Equinox of date position of star is 05:18:00.4 +19:34:23
Stellar brightness G=14.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 134 degrees from the moon. Moon is 21% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.2

Object is 40.8 AU from the Sun and 39.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 25.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 70 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1600 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.1
Diameter=883.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 34.8 sec chord
Diameter=360.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 14.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 145453, (2027/12/02 23:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:31.5 +16:33:48  0.8 10.13 124
Alnath         05:28:03.6 +28:37:43  1.6  9.33 137
PPM 120839     05:21:57.2 +19:36:16  6.5  0.88 135
PPM 120767     05:17:22.8 +19:45:33  8.3  0.27 134
PPM 120783     05:18:26.1 +19:19:51  8.9  0.25 134
145453         05:18:13.2 +19:34:36 14.6       135
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 145453, (2027/12/02 23:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 10.13 124
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6  9.33 137
PPM 120839     05:20:18.3 +19:34:41  6.5  0.88 135
PPM 120767     05:15:43.8 +19:43:48  8.3  0.27 134
PPM 120783     05:16:47.4 +19:18:09  8.9  0.25 134
145453         05:16:34.3 +19:32:52 14.6       134
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/23 03:32:17 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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