RECON: TNO occultation with 527328

Event between (527328) 07TK422 and star GA1100:00585828 with event index number of 2136428

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/11/03 18:25:27 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:22:30.5 +21:36:33
Equinox of date position of star is 04:23:57.6 +21:39:54
Stellar brightness G=15.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 144 degrees from the moon. Moon is 27% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.1

Object is 24.9 AU from the Sun and 24.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 527 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2877 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.1
Diameter=83.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.3 sec chord
Diameter=34.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 527328, (2027/11/03 18:25UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:31.3 +16:33:48  0.8  6.00 146
44Zet Per      03:55:53.4 +31:57:50  2.8 12.06 139
PPM 093481     04:25:11.1 +21:02:40  5.9  0.67 144
PPM 093443     04:23:13.8 +21:15:10  8.0  0.47 144
PPM 093473     04:25:01.4 +21:26:30  9.5  0.31 144
PPM 093457     04:24:07.8 +21:34:54 10.7  0.09 144
527328         04:24:09.6 +21:40:21 15.7       145
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 527328, (2027/11/03 18:25UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8  6.00 146
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8 12.06 139
PPM 093481     04:23:32.4 +20:58:54  5.9  0.67 144
PPM 093443     04:21:35.1 +21:11:19  8.0  0.47 144
PPM 093473     04:23:22.5 +21:22:44  9.5  0.31 144
PPM 093457     04:22:28.8 +21:31:05 10.7  0.09 144
527328         04:22:30.5 +21:36:33 15.7       144
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/22 21:29:11 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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