RECON: TNO occultation with 612688

Event between (612688) 03UT292 and star GA0940:02296362 with event index number of 2817012

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/12/03 02:12:56 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:56:53.2 +05:24:44
Equinox of date position of star is 06:58:04.6 +05:22:53
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 155 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.6

TNO is 27.7 AU from the Sun and 26.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 301 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1493 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=231.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.8 sec chord
Diameter=94.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 612688, (2024/12/03 02:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:31.3 +07:24:35  0.4 15.46 159
Alhena         06:39:09.1 +16:22:33  1.9 11.95 167
PPM 151776     07:03:15.0 +05:31:11  6.4  1.26 154
PPM 151553     06:57:19.6 +05:04:18  8.4  0.38 154
PPM 151560     06:57:33.9 +05:35:14  9.0  0.26 155
PPM 151561     06:57:36.3 +05:14:12 11.1  0.21 155
612688         06:58:12.9 +05:22:40 15.9       154
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 612688, (2024/12/03 02:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 15.46 159
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:56  1.9 11.95 167
PPM 151776     07:01:55.2 +05:33:25  6.4  1.26 154
PPM 151553     06:56:00.1 +05:06:20  8.4  0.38 154
PPM 151560     06:56:14.1 +05:37:17  9.0  0.26 155
PPM 151561     06:56:16.7 +05:16:15 11.1  0.21 155
612688         06:56:53.2 +05:24:44 15.9       155
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/05/03 23:57:19 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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