RECON: TNO occultation with 150642

Event between (150642) 01CZ31 and star GA1000:03510108 with event index number of 2656632

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/04/29 14:42:33 UTC

J2000 position of star is 11:21:12.7 +10:12:17
Equinox of date position of star is 11:22:28.5 +10:04:17
Stellar brightness G=15.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 101 degrees from the moon. Moon is 5% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1

Object is 39.9 AU from the Sun and 39.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 217 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2098 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.0
Diameter=383.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 28.0 sec chord
Diameter=156.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 150642, (2025/04/29 14:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:43.1 +11:50:33  1.3 17.95  85
Denebola       11:50:21.1 +14:25:50  2.1  8.08 105
PPM 128238     11:26:17.7 +11:17:27  5.8  1.54 102
PPM 157726     11:20:25.8 +09:36:44  8.1  0.69 101
PPM 128164     11:20:53.5 +09:56:11 10.0  0.42 101
PPM 128192     11:22:59.5 +10:23:02 10.4  0.34 101
150642         11:22:31.6 +10:03:57 15.6       102
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 150642, (2025/04/29 14:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 17.95  85
Denebola       11:49:02.8 +14:34:17  2.1  8.08 105
PPM 128238     11:24:58.8 +11:25:49  5.8  1.54 102
PPM 157726     11:19:06.9 +09:45:03  8.1  0.69 101
PPM 128164     11:19:34.6 +10:04:31 10.0  0.42 101
PPM 128192     11:21:40.6 +10:31:22 10.4  0.34 101
150642         11:21:12.7 +10:12:17 15.6       101
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/23 03:21:56 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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