RECON: TNO occultation with 54598

Event between (54598) Bienor and star GA1280:03449723 with event index number of 1387609

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/11/06 03:51:23 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:41:41.8 +38:37:59
Equinox of date position of star is 07:43:20.5 +38:34:27
Stellar brightness G=15.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 162 degrees from the moon. Moon is 20% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.0

Object is 13.4 AU from the Sun and 13.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 6.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 74 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 567 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.4
Diameter=195.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 28.1 sec chord
Diameter=79.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 54598, (2024/11/06 03:51UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:50.2 +27:57:51  1.1 10.63 163
PPM 073096     07:48:18.5 +37:27:18  5.2  1.48 162
PPM 073011     07:41:54.8 +38:17:07  7.0  0.41 162
PPM 073055     07:44:51.5 +38:32:53 10.6  0.29 162
54598          07:43:22.1 +38:34:23 15.3       162
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 54598, (2024/11/06 03:51UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 10.63 163
PPM 073096     07:46:39.3 +37:31:03  5.2  1.48 162
PPM 073011     07:40:14.6 +38:20:40  7.0  0.41 162
PPM 073055     07:43:11.2 +38:36:31 10.6  0.29 162
54598          07:41:41.8 +38:37:59 15.3       162
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/12 03:40:36 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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