RECON: TNO occultation with 483002

Event between (483002) 14QS441 and star GA0820:00228460 with event index number of 2317684

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/10/23 03:08:05 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:57:33.3 -07:49:10
Equinox of date position of star is 02:58:43.5 -07:43:30
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 71 degrees from the moon. Moon is 62% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9

Object is 44.2 AU from the Sun and 43.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 26.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 71 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1695 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.4
Diameter=487.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.1 sec chord
Diameter=199.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 483002, (2024/10/23 03:08UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:43.9 -08:10:29  0.1 33.90  46
68Omi Cet      02:20:36.1 -02:51:58  2.0 10.67  76
8Rho1Eri       03:02:23.3 -07:34:00  6.0  0.91  70
PPM 185285     03:01:38.9 -08:02:05  8.2  0.78  70
PPM 185224     02:58:45.8 -07:26:49  9.5  0.27  71
483002         02:58:46.4 -07:43:16 16.4        70
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 483002, (2024/10/23 03:08UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1 33.90  46
68Omi Cet      02:19:20.8 -02:58:45  2.0 10.67  76
8Rho1Eri       03:01:10.2 -07:39:49  6.0  0.91  70
PPM 185285     03:00:25.9 -08:07:55  8.2  0.78  70
PPM 185224     02:57:32.5 -07:32:43  9.5  0.27  71
483002         02:57:33.3 -07:49:10 16.4        71
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/10/24 02:31:50 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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