RECON: TNO occultation with 84522

Event between (84522) 02TC302 and star GA1300:00958466 with event index number of 2546215

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/12/25 03:32:40 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:10:31.6 +40:06:07
Equinox of date position of star is 03:12:06.2 +40:11:32
Stellar brightness G=13.7, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 41 degrees from the moon. Moon is 62% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.2

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Object is 42.2 AU from the Sun and 41.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 107 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2173 km.
The sky-plane scale is 30098.9 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=3.9
Diameter=981.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 49.1 sec chord
Diameter=400.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 20.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:2EEE
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 84522, (2028/12/25 03:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:35.2 +16:33:56  0.8 29.99  53
Algol          03:10:04.0 +41:03:54  2.1  0.96  41
28Ome Per      03:13:10.3 +39:43:10  5.8  0.51  41
PPM 045859     03:09:31.4 +40:11:43  8.4  0.55  41
PPM 068176     03:12:47.8 +39:49:19  9.9  0.40  41
PPM 045909     03:13:34.3 +40:13:16 10.4  0.22  41
84522          03:12:25.0 +40:12:37 13.7        41
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 5.0 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 28.3 km RECON observability=1.0 and success probability=0.6%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Kamloops 03:33:15 -32.2 Dark Up 72.2 118.6 Up 03:23:50 - 03:42:40 7359
Victoria 03:33:32 -30.3 Dark Up 71.3 108.0 Up 03:24:07 - 03:42:57 7337
Peachland 03:33:18 -32.7 Dark Up 73.0 117.0 Up 03:23:53 - 03:42:43 7259
Kelowna 03:33:17 -32.8 Dark Up 73.1 117.9 Up 03:23:52 - 03:42:42 7254
Summerland 03:33:19 -32.7 Dark Up 73.1 116.8 Up 03:23:54 - 03:42:44 7242
Penticton 03:33:18 -32.8 Dark Up 73.2 116.7 Up 03:23:53 - 03:42:43 7232
Oliver 03:33:19 -32.8 Dark Up 73.4 115.7 Up 03:23:54 - 03:42:44 7204
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 03:33:20 -32.9 Dark Up 73.6 115.5 Up 03:23:55 - 03:42:45 7181
Okanogan 03:33:22 -32.8 Dark Up 73.7 113.2 Up 03:23:57 - 03:42:47 7139
Manson/Chelan 03:33:25 -32.4 Dark Up 73.5 110.7 Up 03:24:00 - 03:42:50 7128
Brewster 03:33:25 -32.7 Dark Up 73.7 112.0 Up 03:24:00 - 03:42:50 7127
Wenatchee 03:33:28 -32.3 Dark Up 73.6 109.0 Up 03:24:03 - 03:42:53 7098
Ellensburg 03:33:30 -32.2 Dark Up 73.6 107.3 Up 03:24:05 - 03:42:55 7076
Yakima 03:33:32 -32.2 Dark Up 73.7 106.0 Up 03:24:07 - 03:42:57 7044
Toppenish/White Swan 03:33:32 -32.3 Dark Up 73.9 105.5 Up 03:24:07 - 03:42:57 7018
The Dalles 03:33:37 -31.7 Dark Up 73.5 101.9 Up 03:24:12 - 03:43:02 6995
Maupin 03:33:39 -31.8 Dark Up 73.7 100.7 Up 03:24:14 - 03:43:04 6956
PNWRO 03:33:29 -33.3 Dark Up 75.0 106.3 Up 03:24:04 - 03:42:54 6914
Sisters 03:33:43 -31.4 Dark Up 73.5 97.2 Up 03:24:18 - 03:43:08 6911
Sleaford 03:32:32 -40.8 Dark Up 77.3 157.8 Up 03:23:07 - 03:41:57 6880
Bend 03:33:44 -31.6 Dark Up 73.7 96.7 Up 03:24:19 - 03:43:09 6878
Oregon Observatory 03:33:44 -31.5 Dark Up 73.7 96.0 Up 03:24:19 - 03:43:09 6871
Chiloquin 03:33:51 -31.1 Dark Up 73.5 91.2 Up 03:24:26 - 03:43:16 6786
Klamath Falls 03:33:52 -31.2 Dark Up 73.5 90.1 Up 03:24:27 - 03:43:17 6754
Fall River/Burney 03:33:56 -31.4 Dark Up 73.8 86.3 Up 03:24:31 - 03:43:21 6637
Cedarville 03:33:50 -32.3 Dark Up 74.7 88.7 Up 03:24:25 - 03:43:15 6610
Greenville 03:33:57 -31.6 Dark Up 74.0 83.4 Up 03:24:32 - 03:43:22 6537
Gimple 03:33:57 -31.7 Dark Up 74.1 83.4 Up 03:24:32 - 03:43:22 6533
Quincy 03:33:58 -31.6 Dark Up 74.0 82.6 Up 03:24:33 - 03:43:23 6520
Portola 03:33:57 -32.0 Dark Up 74.4 82.3 Up 03:24:32 - 03:43:22 6484
Reno 03:33:56 -32.4 Dark Up 74.8 81.5 Up 03:24:31 - 03:43:21 6426
Carson City 03:33:57 -32.4 Dark Up 74.8 80.2 Up 03:24:32 - 03:43:22 6394
Gardnerville 03:33:58 -32.4 Dark Up 74.8 79.4 Up 03:24:33 - 03:43:23 6371
Yerington 03:33:55 -32.9 Dark Up 75.2 79.6 Up 03:24:30 - 03:43:20 6343
Hawthorne 03:33:56 -33.3 Dark Up 75.5 77.9 Up 03:24:31 - 03:43:21 6274
Lee Vining 03:33:59 -32.8 Dark Up 75.1 75.8 Up 03:24:34 - 03:43:24 6253
Bishop 03:33:59 -33.4 Dark Up 75.5 73.5 Up 03:24:34 - 03:43:24 6162
Beatty 03:33:56 -34.6 Dark Up 76.5 71.1 Up 03:24:31 - 03:43:21 6031
Wildwood 03:34:11 -32.9 Dark Up 74.1 62.4 Up 03:24:46 - 03:43:36 5894
Laughlin/Bullhead City 03:33:54 -36.2 Dark Up 77.5 62.5 Up 03:24:29 - 03:43:19 5759
Idyllwild 03:34:05 -34.3 Dark Up 75.3 59.6 Up 03:24:40 - 03:43:30 5753
Dunrhomin 03:33:04 -43.5 Dark Up 85.9 90.4 Up 03:23:39 - 03:42:29 5752
Patrick 03:33:51 -36.8 Dark Up 78.1 62.7 Up 03:24:26 - 03:43:16 5742
Nikitin 03:33:05 -43.5 Dark Up 85.9 87.8 Up 03:23:40 - 03:42:30 5736
CU-SBO 03:33:06 -43.4 Dark Up 85.8 86.9 Up 03:23:41 - 03:42:31 5733
Lake Havasu City 03:33:55 -36.4 Dark Up 77.3 59.5 Up 03:24:30 - 03:43:20 5685
Calipatria 03:34:04 -35.3 Dark Up 75.8 56.2 Up 03:24:39 - 03:43:29 5632
Yuma 03:34:02 -35.9 Dark Up 76.2 53.5 Up 03:24:37 - 03:43:27 5543
George/Scottsdale 03:33:48 -38.3 Dark Up 78.6 52.6 Up 03:24:23 - 03:43:13 5481

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 84522, (2028/12/25 03:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 29.99  53
Algol          03:08:10.1 +40:57:20  2.1  0.96  41
28Ome Per      03:11:17.3 +39:36:41  5.8  0.51  41
PPM 045859     03:07:38.3 +40:05:08  8.4  0.55  41
PPM 068176     03:10:54.7 +39:42:50  9.9  0.40  41
PPM 045909     03:11:40.8 +40:06:49 10.4  0.22  41
84522          03:10:31.6 +40:06:07 13.7        41
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/08 03:00:28 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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