RECON: TNO occultation with 524834

Event between (524834) 03YL179 and star GA1100:02606578 with event index number of 2218100

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/12/23 23:47:21 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:02:16.0 +21:41:33
Equinox of date position of star is 07:03:43.7 +21:39:20
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 14 degrees from the moon. Moon is 100% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.3

Object is 38.8 AU from the Sun and 37.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1250 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5418 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.4
Diameter=208.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.2 sec chord
Diameter=85.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 524834, (2026/12/23 23:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:58.0 +27:57:32  1.1 11.63  22
Alhena         06:39:16.2 +16:22:26  1.9  7.85  13
44 Gem         07:06:55.7 +22:35:41  5.9  1.18  14
PPM 096913     07:03:31.1 +21:59:55  8.2  0.36  14
PPM 096928     07:03:53.6 +21:56:28  9.4  0.29  14
PPM 096937     07:04:21.4 +21:42:34 10.1  0.13  14
524834         07:03:52.7 +21:39:06 16.4        15
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 524834, (2026/12/23 23:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 11.63  22
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9  7.85  13
44 Gem         07:05:18.4 +22:38:15  5.9  1.18  14
PPM 096913     07:01:54.2 +22:02:21  8.2  0.36  14
PPM 096928     07:02:16.7 +21:58:55  9.4  0.29  14
PPM 096937     07:02:44.6 +21:45:02 10.1  0.13  14
524834         07:02:16.0 +21:41:33 16.4        14
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/20 21:26:07 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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