RECON: TNO occultation with 145453

Event between (145453) 05RR43 and star GA1100:00983153 with event index number of 2703805

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/02/12 17:23:21 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:16:20.0 +20:24:02
Equinox of date position of star is 05:17:46.6 +20:25:33
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 124 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.3

Object is 40.9 AU from the Sun and 40.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 9.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 184 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1627 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.1
Diameter=883.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 90.2 sec chord
Diameter=360.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 36.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 145453, (2029/02/12 17:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:35.7 +16:33:57  0.8 10.34 114
Alnath         05:28:08.1 +28:37:46  1.6  8.51 126
PPM 120839     05:22:01.5 +19:36:19  6.5  1.24 125
PPM 094230     05:18:32.9 +20:08:52  7.8  0.30 124
PPM 094217     05:17:41.3 +20:09:21  8.8  0.29 124
145453         05:18:03.8 +20:25:51 16.8       124
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, (2029/02/12 17:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 10.34 114
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6  8.51 126
PPM 120839     05:20:18.3 +19:34:41  6.5  1.24 125
PPM 094230     05:16:49.3 +20:07:05  7.8  0.30 124
PPM 094217     05:15:57.8 +20:07:32  8.8  0.29 124
145453         05:16:20.0 +20:24:02 16.8       124
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/24 02:57:06 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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