RECON: TNO occultation with 416400

Event between (416400) 03UZ117 and star GA0900:00561004 with event index number of 2376771

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/12/29 19:09:24 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:06:21.1 +00:10:06
Equinox of date position of star is 05:07:35.5 +00:11:57
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 48 degrees from the moon. Moon is 72% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.1

Object is 38.5 AU from the Sun and 37.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 73 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1381 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.2
Diameter=522.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 23.1 sec chord
Diameter=213.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 416400, (2025/12/29 19:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:47.3 -08:10:25  0.1  8.61  54
67Bet Eri      05:09:07.8 -05:03:17  2.8  5.27  51
10Pi 6Ori      04:59:53.8 +01:45:07  6.0  2.49  46
PPM 148461     05:08:25.9 +00:07:17  8.2  0.20  48
PPM 148435     05:07:18.3 +00:12:16 10.4  0.10  48
416400         05:07:41.1 +00:12:06 16.4        49
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 416400, (2025/12/29 19:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1  8.61  54
67Bet Eri      05:07:50.8 -05:05:13  2.8  5.27  51
10Pi 6Ori      04:58:32.8 +01:42:51  6.0  2.49  46
PPM 148461     05:07:05.9 +00:05:20  8.2  0.20  48
PPM 148435     05:05:58.3 +00:10:16 10.4  0.10  48
416400         05:06:21.1 +00:10:06 16.4        48
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/04 05:37:58 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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