RECON: TNO occultation with 527328

Event between (527328) 07TK422 and star GA1120:00718010 with event index number of 2136456

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/09/20 18:27:58 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:37:16.9 +22:15:45
Equinox of date position of star is 04:38:44.8 +22:18:37
Stellar brightness G=14.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 136 degrees from the moon. Moon is 6% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.3

Object is 24.9 AU from the Sun and 24.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 3.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 3531 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4090 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.1
Diameter=83.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 24.4 sec chord
Diameter=34.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 527328, (2028/09/20 18:28UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:34.3 +16:33:54  0.8  5.76 136
3Iot Aur       04:58:52.1 +33:12:32  2.7 11.74 130
PPM 093646     04:39:57.7 +20:44:24  5.9  1.59 135
PPM 093627     04:38:00.3 +21:44:44  8.5  0.62 136
PPM 093635     04:38:50.2 +22:20:26 10.0  0.04 136
527328         04:39:00.0 +22:19:06 14.8       135
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, (2028/09/20 18:28UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8  5.76 136
3Iot Aur       04:56:59.6 +33:09:58  2.7 11.74 130
PPM 093646     04:38:15.8 +20:41:05  5.9  1.59 135
PPM 093627     04:36:17.7 +21:41:20  8.5  0.62 136
PPM 093635     04:37:07.1 +22:17:04 10.0  0.04 136
527328         04:37:16.9 +22:15:45 14.8       136
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/24 21:34:07 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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