RECON: TNO occultation with 587670

Event between (587670) 06QE181 and star GA0980:00152797 with event index number of 2686345

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/08/13 19:52:09 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:46:45.1 +08:47:29
Equinox of date position of star is 01:47:54.3 +08:54:00
Stellar brightness G=15.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 142 degrees from the moon. Moon is 62% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.0

TNO is 41.6 AU from the Sun and 41.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 7.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 462 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3853 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.7
Diameter=176.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 24.2 sec chord
Diameter=71.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 587670, (2024/08/13 19:52UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:20.2 +16:33:25  0.8 41.90 169
6Bet Ari       01:56:00.3 +20:55:39  2.6 12.17 149
110Omi Psc     01:46:41.8 +09:16:50  4.3  0.50 142
PPM 144954     01:47:00.5 +08:40:54  6.6  0.35 142
PPM 144978     01:48:30.0 +08:53:20  9.9  0.11 142
587670         01:48:03.1 +08:54:50 15.0       143
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 587670, (2024/08/13 19:52UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 41.90 169
6Bet Ari       01:54:38.5 +20:48:26  2.6 12.17 149
110Omi Psc     01:45:23.7 +09:09:29  4.3  0.50 142
PPM 144954     01:45:42.6 +08:33:33  6.6  0.35 142
PPM 144978     01:47:12.0 +08:46:00  9.9  0.11 142
587670         01:46:45.1 +08:47:29 15.0       142
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/11/02 23:42:42 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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