RECON: TNO occultation with 613469

Event between (613469) 06QJ181 and star GA1000:02526613 with event index number of 2809907

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/10/01 03:53:39 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:57:46.8 +11:33:37
Equinox of date position of star is 06:59:01.4 +11:31:44
Stellar brightness G=15.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 163 degrees from the moon. Moon is 62% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.3

TNO is 31.7 AU from the Sun and 31.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 11.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 290 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3818 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=231.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.5 sec chord
Diameter=94.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:1EE+3:1II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 613469, (2025/10/01 03:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:34.0 +07:24:35  0.4 15.98 150
Alhena         06:39:11.9 +16:22:30  1.9  6.86 163
PPM 123452     07:05:03.6 +10:54:42  6.5  1.56 163
PPM 123288     06:58:16.0 +11:21:22  7.4  0.29 163
613469         06:59:12.8 +11:31:27 15.7       163
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 613469, (2025/10/01 03:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 15.98 150
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:56  1.9  6.86 163
PPM 123452     07:03:38.1 +10:57:05  6.5  1.56 163
PPM 123288     06:56:50.1 +11:23:30  7.4  0.29 163
613469         06:57:46.8 +11:33:37 15.7       163
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/05/04 23:01:00 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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