RECON: TNO occultation with 578997

Event between (578997) 14JR92 and star GA0880:06291718 with event index number of 2556858

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/09/19 19:54:17 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:50:47.9 -00:47:16
Equinox of date position of star is 17:51:55.5 -00:47:33
Stellar brightness G=15.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 112 degrees from the moon. Moon is 96% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.3

TNO is 33.4 AU from the Sun and 33.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 158 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3475 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.9
Diameter=157.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.2 sec chord
Diameter=64.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 578997, (2024/09/19 19:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:55.6 -26:29:05  0.9 32.26 132
60Bet Oph      17:44:41.7 +04:33:31  2.8  5.66 112
PPM 180184     17:53:16.2 -01:14:28  6.3  0.54 111
PPM 180176     17:51:25.7 -00:41:04  8.4  0.19 112
578997         17:52:04.4 -00:47:35 15.1       111
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 578997, (2024/09/19 19:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 32.26 132
60Bet Oph      17:43:28.3 +04:34:06  2.8  5.66 112
PPM 180184     17:51:59.5 -01:14:12  6.3  0.54 111
PPM 180176     17:50:09.3 -00:40:45  8.4  0.19 112
578997         17:50:47.9 -00:47:16 15.1       112
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/29 23:14:31 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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