RECON: TNO occultation with 547893

Event between (547893) 10WN75 and star GA0860:01103856 with event index number of 2399172

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/12/31 23:25:44 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:19:20.7 -03:27:33
Equinox of date position of star is 06:20:33.9 -03:28:16
Stellar brightness G=14.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 144 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.5

Object is 37.2 AU from the Sun and 36.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 25.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 102 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1382 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=436.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.9 sec chord
Diameter=178.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 547893, (2024/12/31 23:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:31.6 +07:24:35  0.4 12.43 148
Saiph          05:48:56.6 -09:39:45  2.1 10.00 134
PPM 189057     06:21:14.7 -02:57:25  5.2  0.54 145
PPM 189037     06:20:22.9 -03:27:05  8.1  0.06 144
547893         06:20:35.5 -03:28:17 14.7       144
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 547893, (2024/12/31 23:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 12.43 148
Saiph          05:47:45.4 -09:40:11  2.1 10.00 134
PPM 189057     06:19:59.6 -02:56:40  5.2  0.54 145
PPM 189037     06:19:08.1 -03:26:21  8.1  0.06 144
547893         06:19:20.7 -03:27:33 14.7       144
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/12 03:41:44 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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