RECON: TNO occultation with 525815

Event between (525815) 05SD278 and star GA0940:00666479 with event index number of 2815174

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/08/14 16:12:25 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:11:28.0 +05:40:59
Equinox of date position of star is 05:12:44.8 +05:42:39
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 123 degrees from the moon. Moon is 27% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.0

Object is 45.6 AU from the Sun and 46.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 315 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2028 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.3
Diameter=346.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.8 sec chord
Diameter=141.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 525815, (2029/08/14 16:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:46.6 +07:24:36  0.4 10.99 113
Bellatrix      05:26:43.3 +06:22:26  1.6  3.46 120
17Rho Ori      05:14:50.5 +02:53:39  5.8  2.86 122
PPM 148574     05:13:06.0 +05:44:11  8.3  0.02 123
525815         05:13:02.9 +05:43:02 16.7       123
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, (2029/08/14 16:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 10.99 113
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6  3.46 120
17Rho Ori      05:13:17.4 +02:51:41  5.8  2.86 122
PPM 148574     05:11:31.1 +05:42:09  8.3  0.02 123
525815         05:11:28.0 +05:40:59 16.7       123
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/18 23:53:51 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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