RECON: TNO occultation with 455502

Event between (455502) 03UZ413 and star GA0980:00408022 with event index number of 2288454

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/09/03 14:16:08 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:16:43.1 +09:33:13
Equinox of date position of star is 04:18:02.8 +09:36:44
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 132 degrees from the moon. Moon is 81% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.0

Object is 45.1 AU from the Sun and 45.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 5.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 314 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2043 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.3
Diameter=812.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 148.2 sec chord
Diameter=331.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 60.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 455502, (2025/09/03 14:17UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:23.8 +16:33:32  0.8  8.38 140
Bellatrix      05:26:30.6 +06:22:15  1.6 17.24 145
PPM 147404     04:19:48.8 +09:32:52  6.2  0.42 133
PPM 147381     04:18:22.5 +09:44:20 10.0  0.14 132
455502         04:18:07.3 +09:36:56 15.4       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 455502, (2025/09/03 14:17UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8  8.38 140
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6 17.24 145
PPM 147404     04:18:24.6 +09:29:12  6.2  0.42 133
PPM 147381     04:16:58.3 +09:40:37 10.0  0.14 132
455502         04:16:43.1 +09:33:13 15.4       132
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/18 03:40:47 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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