RECON: TNO occultation with 612148

Event between (612148) 00CG105 and star GA0860:04002311 with event index number of 2806683

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/06/08 12:00:00 UTC

J2000 position of star is 10:19:09.7 -03:03:44
Equinox of date position of star is 10:20:23.4 -03:11:04
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 68 degrees from the moon. Moon is 93% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.8

Object is 47.4 AU from the Sun and 47.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 9.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 584 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5921 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=284.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 25.5 sec chord
Diameter=116.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 612148, (2025/06/08 12:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:43.5 +11:50:31  1.3 15.27  77
Alphard        09:28:50.2 -08:46:12  2.0 13.99  79
PPM 193381     10:24:50.0 -03:46:20  6.4  1.24  67
PPM 193270     10:18:49.0 -03:39:42  8.5  0.62  69
PPM 193298     10:20:22.7 -03:23:49  9.9  0.21  68
612148         10:20:27.1 -03:11:26 16.9        68
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 612148, (2025/06/08 12:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 15.27  77
Alphard        09:27:35.2 -08:39:30  2.0 13.99  79
PPM 193381     10:23:32.7 -03:38:34  6.4  1.24  67
PPM 193270     10:17:31.7 -03:32:02  8.5  0.62  69
PPM 193298     10:19:05.3 -03:16:07  9.9  0.21  68
612148         10:19:09.7 -03:03:44 16.9        68
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/19 03:38:54 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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