RECON: TNO occultation with 54598

Event between (54598) Bienor and star GA1100:03347694 with event index number of 2753052

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/05/08 23:04:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 09:29:33.4 +20:51:39
Equinox of date position of star is 09:30:56.3 +20:45:10
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 139 degrees from the moon. Moon is 18% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.0

Object is 13.2 AU from the Sun and 13.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 10.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 69 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 726 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.4
Diameter=195.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.4 sec chord
Diameter=79.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 54598, (2029/05/08 23:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:56.0 +11:49:21  1.3 12.86 151
4Lam Leo       09:33:23.4 +22:50:13  4.3  2.17 138
PPM 099647     09:33:13.8 +20:08:23  8.1  0.76 139
PPM 099610     09:31:02.0 +20:47:06  8.7  0.07 138
54598          09:31:12.7 +20:43:52 16.4       139
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, (2029/05/08 23:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 12.86 151
4Lam Leo       09:31:43.2 +22:58:04  4.3  2.17 138
PPM 099647     09:31:34.8 +20:16:14  8.1  0.76 139
PPM 099610     09:29:22.7 +20:54:53  8.7  0.07 138
54598          09:29:33.4 +20:51:39 16.4       139
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/26 21:35:11 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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