RECON: TNO occultation with 24835

Event between (24835) 95SM55 and star GA1300:01362786 with event index number of 1389264

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/10/06 02:05:17 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:58:12.5 +40:37:09
Equinox of date position of star is 03:59:50.2 +40:41:11
Stellar brightness G=14.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 157 degrees from the moon. Moon is 10% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.5

Object is 37.8 AU from the Sun and 37.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 158 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1957 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.6
Diameter=704.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 42.9 sec chord
Diameter=287.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 17.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 24835, (2024/10/06 02:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:20.7 +16:33:26  0.8 25.45 158
44Zet Per      03:55:41.7 +31:57:18  2.8  8.77 164
PPM 068974     04:01:19.2 +38:53:21  6.4  1.82 158
PPM 046720     04:03:35.1 +40:36:11  8.4  0.71 157
PPM 046652     03:58:22.7 +40:45:10  9.3  0.29 157
24835          03:59:53.2 +40:41:18 14.9       157
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 24835, (2024/10/06 02:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 25.45 158
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8  8.77 164
PPM 068974     03:59:39.9 +38:49:14  6.4  1.82 158
PPM 046720     04:01:54.2 +40:32:08  8.4  0.71 157
PPM 046652     03:56:42.0 +40:40:58  9.3  0.29 157
24835          03:58:12.5 +40:37:09 14.9       157
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/08 05:09:14 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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