RECON: TNO occultation with 601690

Event between (601690) 13KZ18 and star GA1280:00092447 with event index number of 2733077

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/02/13 18:48:49 UTC

J2000 position of star is 00:21:33.6 +38:43:29
Equinox of date position of star is 00:22:48.8 +38:51:21
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 127 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.4

Object is 20.8 AU from the Sun and 21.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 26.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 46 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1161 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.9
Diameter=100.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.9 sec chord
Diameter=41.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 601690, (2025/02/13 18:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:42:17.3 +45:22:16  1.3 40.61 118
Scheat         23:04:59.7 +28:13:10  2.4 19.34 142
27Rho And      00:22:27.1 +38:06:27  5.2  0.76 127
PPM 065251     00:24:17.4 +38:53:36  8.1  0.27 127
PPM 065231     00:22:56.4 +38:42:39 10.0  0.15 127
PPM 065233     00:22:58.2 +38:43:33 11.0  0.14 127
601690         00:22:53.4 +38:51:50 15.4       126
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 601690, (2025/02/13 18:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:41:25.9 +45:16:49  1.3 40.61 118
Scheat         23:03:46.8 +28:05:01  2.4 19.34 142
27Rho And      00:21:07.4 +37:58:06  5.2  0.76 127
PPM 065251     00:22:57.4 +38:45:15  8.1  0.27 127
PPM 065231     00:21:36.6 +38:34:18 10.0  0.15 127
PPM 065233     00:21:38.4 +38:35:12 11.0  0.14 127
601690         00:21:33.6 +38:43:29 15.4       127
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/09/03 03:20:29 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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