RECON: TNO occultation with 60454

Event between (60454) 00CH105 and star GA0840:04192287 with event index number of 1422011

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/06/13 17:24:32 UTC

J2000 position of star is 12:45:09.4 -05:52:54
Equinox of date position of star is 12:46:18.5 -06:00:11
Stellar brightness G=11.8, use SENSEUP=8 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 125 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 98 degrees from the moon. Moon is 94% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.1

TNO is 42.1 AU from the Sun and 41.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 5.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 497 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2906 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=271.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 48.8 sec chord
Diameter=110.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 19.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 60454, (2025/06/13 17:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:32.3 -11:17:36  1.0 11.21  87
25 Vir         12:38:06.1 -05:58:18  5.9  2.08 100
PPM 195845     12:48:52.5 -06:26:26  6.7  0.73  97
PPM 195818     12:47:01.4 -05:47:33  9.7  0.27  98
60454          12:46:28.4 -06:01:13 11.8        97
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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 60454, (2025/06/13 17:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 11.21  87
25 Vir         12:36:47.3 -05:49:55  5.9  2.08 100
PPM 195845     12:47:33.4 -06:18:07  6.7  0.73  97
PPM 195818     12:45:42.4 -05:39:13  9.7  0.27  98
60454          12:45:09.4 -05:52:54 11.8        98
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/04/08 04:10:42 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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