RECON: TNO occultation with 450265

Event between (450265) 03WU172 and star GA1120:03001506 with event index number of 2289099

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/10/15 05:33:39 UTC

J2000 position of star is 08:16:03.1 +23:46:47
Equinox of date position of star is 08:17:29.2 +23:42:14
Stellar brightness G=13.7, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 130 degrees from the moon. Moon is 93% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.2

Object is 29.2 AU from the Sun and 29.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 10.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 151 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1105 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.3
Diameter=322.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 31.6 sec chord
Diameter=131.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 12.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 450265, (2024/10/15 05:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:49.9 +27:57:51  1.1  8.11 123
PPM 098486     08:15:09.6 +23:03:40  6.5  0.84 130
PPM 098584     08:20:37.6 +24:05:44  8.1  0.81 131
PPM 098509     08:16:37.2 +23:40:11  9.2  0.21 130
PPM 098540     08:18:02.5 +23:32:37 10.9  0.20 130
450265         08:17:31.4 +23:42:07 13.7       131
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 450265, (2024/10/15 05:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1  8.11 123
PPM 098486     08:13:41.6 +23:08:15  6.5  0.84 130
PPM 098584     08:19:09.2 +24:10:29  8.1  0.81 131
PPM 098509     08:15:08.9 +23:44:49  9.2  0.21 130
PPM 098540     08:16:34.3 +23:37:17 10.9  0.20 130
450265         08:16:03.1 +23:46:47 13.7       130
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/04 05:28:38 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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