RECON: TNO occultation with 44594

Event between (44594) 99OX3 and star GA1120:01017765 with event index number of 2827077

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/08/25 00:32:40 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:08:24.6 +23:05:20
Equinox of date position of star is 05:09:52.4 +23:07:07
Stellar brightness G=14.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 95 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.1

Object is 18.5 AU from the Sun and 18.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 172 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 840 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=231.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.5 sec chord
Diameter=94.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 44594, (2029/08/25 00:32UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:37.5 +16:34:00  0.8 10.08  87
Alnath         05:28:10.1 +28:37:47  1.6  6.83  99
PPM 094053     05:07:25.3 +23:05:57  6.5  0.64  94
PPM 094076     05:09:26.4 +23:18:55  9.7  0.26  95
PPM 094093     05:10:06.0 +23:18:28 11.0  0.18  95
44594          05:10:12.2 +23:07:30 14.9        96
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 44594, (2029/08/25 00:32UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 10.08  87
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6  6.83  99
PPM 094053     05:05:37.7 +23:03:40  6.5  0.64  94
PPM 094076     05:07:38.6 +23:16:43  9.7  0.26  95
PPM 094093     05:08:18.2 +23:16:18 11.0  0.18  95
44594          05:08:24.6 +23:05:20 14.9        95
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/08 21:27:39 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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