[Iaude] CBET 5414: 2004 SC_60

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 5414
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2004 SC_60
     A. Thirouin, Lowell Observatory; S. S. Sheppard, Carnegie Institution
for Science; K. S. Noll, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA; and W. M. Grundy,
Lowell Observatory, report that the transneptunian object 2004 SC_60 is a
nearly-equal-sized binary system.  The discovery images were obtained by the
Hubble Space Telescope from during 2024 Jan. 4.51807-4.55619 UT.  The two
components are resolved with a separation of about 0".16 at p.a. 36.5 deg.
The brighter of the two components is located at R.A. = 1h57m47s.0, Decl. =
+12d37'57".3 (equinox J2000.0), while the secondary is located at position
end figures 47s.0, 57".5 on 2024 Jan. 4.5437.  The magnitude difference
between the two components is 0.4 +/- 0.2.


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