RECON: TNO occultation with 525815

Event between (525815) 05SD278 and star GA0940:00542510 with event index number of 2116867

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/12/27 22:26:52 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:57:09.9 +04:40:21
Equinox of date position of star is 04:58:25.9 +04:42:29
Stellar brightness G=15.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 149 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.9

Object is 45.2 AU from the Sun and 44.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 195 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1866 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.3
Diameter=346.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.1 sec chord
Diameter=141.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 525815, (2027/12/27 22:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:31.8 +16:33:49  0.8 12.93 152
Bellatrix      05:26:38.0 +06:22:22  1.6  7.16 155
PPM 148183     04:57:27.8 +05:26:29  6.3  0.78 150
PPM 148182     04:57:25.1 +04:42:43  7.3  0.31 149
PPM 148211     04:58:20.7 +04:33:36  9.2  0.17 149
PPM 148213     04:58:22.4 +04:49:56 11.0  0.14 149
525815         04:58:38.9 +04:42:51 15.2       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 525815, (2027/12/27 22:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 12.93 152
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6  7.16 155
PPM 148183     04:55:58.3 +05:23:56  6.3  0.78 150
PPM 148182     04:55:56.1 +04:40:10  7.3  0.31 149
PPM 148211     04:56:51.8 +04:31:05  9.2  0.17 149
PPM 148213     04:56:53.3 +04:47:25 11.0  0.14 149
525815         04:57:09.9 +04:40:21 15.2       149
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/28 04:23:48 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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