RECON: TNO occultation with 612141

Event between (612141) 99XY143 and star GA1080:02787448 with event index number of 2806184

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/04/14 05:27:54 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:08:09.3 +18:41:23
Equinox of date position of star is 07:09:30.5 +18:39:05
Stellar brightness G=12.4, use SENSEUP=16 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 250 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 111 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.9

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Object is 45.2 AU from the Sun and 45.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 8.1 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 676 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3162 km.
The sky-plane scale is 32868.8 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=348.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 43.0 sec chord
Diameter=142.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 17.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 612141, (2025/04/14 05:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:51.7 +27:57:47  1.1 12.63 105
Alhena         06:39:10.3 +16:22:32  1.9  7.61 118
45 Gem         07:09:49.0 +15:53:17  6.4  2.76 111
PPM 123618     07:10:54.0 +18:30:26  8.1  0.33 111
PPM 123595     07:10:19.7 +18:54:16  9.8  0.30 111
PPM 123604     07:10:31.1 +18:48:08 11.9  0.26 111
612141         07:09:38.0 +18:38:53 12.4       111
Positions are for equinox of date

This table contains the target star visibility for the RECON network. The observing range has been set to a maximum of 1.3 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 25.0 km RECON observability=1.0 and success probability=0.8%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Sleaford 05:35:59 -25.6 Dark Up 24.6 269.2 Low 05:20:59 - 05:50:59 12213
Kamloops 05:35:23 -22.0 Dark Up 33.8 258.0 Up 05:20:23 - 05:50:23 11829
Kelowna 05:35:30 -23.0 Dark Up 33.4 259.3 Up 05:20:30 - 05:50:30 11775
Peachland 05:35:30 -22.9 Dark Up 33.6 259.1 Up 05:20:30 - 05:50:30 11760
Summerland 05:35:32 -23.1 Dark Up 33.5 259.3 Up 05:20:32 - 05:50:32 11749
Penticton 05:35:33 -23.2 Dark Up 33.5 259.4 Up 05:20:33 - 05:50:33 11745
Oliver 05:35:39 -23.5 Dark Up 33.5 259.7 Up 05:20:39 - 05:50:39 11715
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 05:35:39 -23.7 Dark Up 33.4 260.0 Up 05:20:39 - 05:50:39 11704
Okanogan 05:35:42 -24.1 Dark Up 33.7 260.2 Up 05:20:42 - 05:50:42 11643
Brewster 05:35:46 -24.2 Dark Up 33.9 260.2 Up 05:20:46 - 05:50:46 11616
Manson/Chelan 05:35:44 -24.2 Dark Up 34.1 260.1 Up 05:20:44 - 05:50:44 11591
Victoria 05:35:23 -22.3 Dark Up 36.2 256.8 Up 05:20:23 - 05:50:23 11589
Wenatchee 05:35:46 -24.5 Dark Up 34.3 260.2 Up 05:20:46 - 05:50:46 11546
Ellensburg 05:35:49 -24.8 Dark Up 34.5 260.4 Up 05:20:49 - 05:50:49 11505
Yakima 05:35:53 -25.1 Dark Up 34.6 260.6 Up 05:20:53 - 05:50:53 11468
Toppenish/White Swan 05:35:56 -25.3 Dark Up 34.5 260.9 Up 05:20:56 - 05:50:56 11452
PNWRO 05:36:05 -26.3 Dark Up 33.5 262.4 Up 05:21:05 - 05:51:05 11448
The Dalles 05:35:58 -25.5 Dark Up 35.2 260.8 Up 05:20:58 - 05:50:58 11367
Maupin 05:36:02 -25.9 Dark Up 35.2 261.2 Up 05:21:02 - 05:51:02 11331
Sisters 05:36:05 -26.3 Dark Up 35.6 261.5 Up 05:21:05 - 05:51:05 11241
Dunrhomin 05:37:43 -36.7 Dark Up 23.3 275.3 Low 05:22:43 - 05:52:43 11238
Bend 05:36:07 -26.7 Dark Up 35.5 261.8 Up 05:21:07 - 05:51:07 11224
Nikitin 05:37:47 -36.8 Dark Up 23.3 275.4 Low 05:22:47 - 05:52:47 11221
CU-SBO 05:37:45 -36.8 Dark Up 23.4 275.4 Low 05:22:45 - 05:52:45 11213
Oregon Observatory 05:36:09 -26.7 Dark Up 35.6 261.9 Up 05:21:09 - 05:51:09 11206
Chiloquin 05:36:17 -27.5 Dark Up 36.0 262.5 Up 05:21:17 - 05:51:17 11075
Klamath Falls 05:36:19 -27.8 Dark Up 36.0 262.8 Up 05:21:19 - 05:51:19 11045
Cedarville 05:36:31 -29.1 Dark Up 34.9 264.5 Up 05:21:31 - 05:51:31 11012
Fall River/Burney 05:36:28 -28.9 Dark Up 35.8 264.0 Up 05:21:28 - 05:51:28 10941
Gimple 05:36:41 -29.8 Dark Up 35.5 265.0 Up 05:21:41 - 05:51:41 10865
Greenville 05:36:41 -29.8 Dark Up 35.5 265.0 Up 05:21:41 - 05:51:41 10864
Quincy 05:36:40 -29.9 Dark Up 35.6 265.1 Up 05:21:40 - 05:51:40 10844
Portola 05:36:43 -30.3 Dark Up 35.2 265.6 Up 05:21:43 - 05:51:43 10842
Reno 05:36:49 -30.8 Dark Up 34.7 266.2 Up 05:21:49 - 05:51:49 10831
Carson City 05:36:51 -31.1 Dark Up 34.7 266.5 Up 05:21:51 - 05:51:51 10797
Yerington 05:36:56 -31.6 Dark Up 34.2 267.0 Up 05:21:56 - 05:51:56 10792
Gardnerville 05:36:52 -31.3 Dark Up 34.7 266.7 Up 05:21:52 - 05:51:52 10774
Hawthorne 05:37:01 -32.2 Dark Up 33.8 267.7 Up 05:22:01 - 05:52:01 10759
Lee Vining 05:37:03 -32.4 Dark Up 34.2 267.8 Up 05:22:03 - 05:52:03 10694
Bishop 05:37:10 -33.3 Dark Up 33.6 268.7 Up 05:22:10 - 05:52:10 10651
Beatty 05:37:22 -34.5 Dark Up 32.3 270.0 Up 05:22:22 - 05:52:22 10644
Patrick 05:37:47 -37.2 Dark Up 29.8 272.6 Low 05:22:47 - 05:52:47 10568
Laughlin/Bullhead City 05:37:43 -37.0 Dark Up 30.4 272.4 Up 05:22:43 - 05:52:43 10527
Lake Havasu City 05:37:49 -37.7 Dark Up 30.1 272.9 Up 05:22:49 - 05:52:49 10468
George/Scottsdale 05:38:04 -39.5 Dark Up 28.0 274.7 Low 05:23:04 - 05:53:04 10454
Idyllwild 05:37:43 -37.0 Dark Up 32.1 272.1 Up 05:22:43 - 05:52:43 10335
Wildwood 05:37:29 -35.6 Dark Up 33.7 270.8 Up 05:22:29 - 05:52:29 10325
Calipatria 05:37:52 -38.1 Dark Up 31.1 273.1 Up 05:22:52 - 05:52:52 10303
Yuma 05:37:59 -38.9 Dark Up 30.3 273.8 Up 05:22:59 - 05:52:59 10282

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 612141, (2025/04/14 05:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 12.63 105
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:56  1.9  7.61 118
45 Gem         07:08:22.0 +15:55:48  6.4  2.76 111
PPM 123618     07:09:25.5 +18:32:59  8.1  0.33 111
PPM 123595     07:08:50.9 +18:56:48  9.8  0.30 111
PPM 123604     07:09:02.4 +18:50:39 11.9  0.26 111
612141         07:08:09.3 +18:41:23 12.4       111
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/03/04 04:08:29 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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