RECON: TNO occultation with 66452

Event between (66452) 99OF4 and star GA0820:22409015 with event index number of 2400500

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/08/31 23:23:13 UTC

J2000 position of star is 23:07:57.2 -07:04:59
Equinox of date position of star is 23:09:13.3 -06:57:02
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 150 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.4

Object is 46.4 AU from the Sun and 45.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 25.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 163 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2359 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=251.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.4 sec chord
Diameter=102.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 66452, (2024/08/31 23:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:00.4 -29:29:27  1.2 22.67 155
Markab         23:05:59.5 +15:20:18  2.5 22.30 136
82 Aqr         23:03:49.3 -06:26:28  6.0  1.44 151
PPM 207212     23:10:28.3 -07:10:49  8.0  0.38 150
PPM 207174     23:08:59.4 -06:59:24  9.6  0.07 150
66452          23:09:14.0 -06:56:57 15.9       150
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 66452, (2024/08/31 23:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 22.67 155
Markab         23:04:45.8 +15:12:18  2.5 22.30 136
82 Aqr         23:02:32.5 -06:34:27  6.0  1.44 151
PPM 207212     23:09:11.5 -07:18:52  8.0  0.38 150
PPM 207174     23:07:42.6 -07:07:26  9.6  0.07 150
66452          23:07:57.2 -07:04:59 15.9       150
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/12 03:39:51 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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