RECON: TNO occultation with 444745

Event between (444745) 07JF43 and star GA0780:05756860 with event index number of 2409498

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/10/08 07:00:46 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:01:45.9 -11:18:06
Equinox of date position of star is 17:03:07.5 -11:20:08
Stellar brightness G=15.0, 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 98% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.2

Object is 36.0 AU from the Sun and 36.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 72 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1329 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.4
Diameter=494.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 24.3 sec chord
Diameter=201.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 444745, (2025/10/08 07:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:59.5 -26:29:13  0.9 16.94 141
35Eta Oph      17:11:51.5 -15:45:18  2.6  4.89 132
PPM 232375     16:58:51.7 -11:00:08  6.3  1.11 134
PPM 232500     17:03:48.3 -10:59:14  7.6  0.38 133
PPM 232510     17:04:10.1 -11:24:28  9.2  0.25 133
444745         17:03:11.8 -11:20:14 15.0       133
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 444745, (2025/10/08 07:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 16.94 141
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  4.89 132
PPM 232375     16:57:26.0 -10:57:50  6.3  1.11 134
PPM 232500     17:02:22.6 -10:57:08  7.6  0.38 133
PPM 232510     17:02:44.1 -11:22:21  9.2  0.25 133
444745         17:01:45.9 -11:18:06 15.0       133
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/18 02:54:56 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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