RECON: TNO occultation with 450265

Event between (450265) 03WU172 and star GA1120:03062855 with event index number of 2289178

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/02/25 23:03:17 UTC

J2000 position of star is 08:39:47.1 +22:19:06
Equinox of date position of star is 08:41:11.6 +22:13:54
Stellar brightness G=14.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 143 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.0

Object is 29.4 AU from the Sun and 28.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 97 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1258 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.3
Diameter=322.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.5 sec chord
Diameter=131.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 450265, (2028/02/25 23:03UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:47:02.4 +27:57:21  1.1 13.57 130
43Gam Cnc      08:44:54.7 +21:21:55  4.7  1.18 144
PPM 098895     08:40:24.6 +23:35:04  7.5  1.39 143
PPM 098872     08:38:59.4 +21:52:49  9.5  0.66 143
PPM 098955     08:43:07.1 +22:09:59 10.7  0.40 144
450265         08:41:25.4 +22:13:02 14.7       144
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, (2028/02/25 23:03UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 13.57 130
43Gam Cnc      08:43:17.0 +21:28:06  4.7  1.18 144
PPM 098895     08:38:45.4 +23:41:06  7.5  1.39 143
PPM 098872     08:37:21.2 +21:58:49  9.5  0.66 143
PPM 098955     08:41:28.9 +22:16:06 10.7  0.40 144
450265         08:39:47.1 +22:19:06 14.7       143
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/06 04:37:51 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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