RECON: TNO occultation with 528219

Event between (528219) 08KV42 and star GA1500:05083428 with event index number of 2442678

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/01/17 16:23:58 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:12:01.5 +61:24:27
Equinox of date position of star is 16:12:23.3 +61:20:45
Stellar brightness G=13.3, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 77 degrees from the moon. Moon is 86% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.6

Object is 23.4 AU from the Sun and 23.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 34.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 7.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 151 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3089 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.7
Diameter=104.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.3 sec chord
Diameter=42.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 528219, (2025/01/17 16:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:37:47.2 +38:48:29  0.0 31.69 104
23Bet Dra      17:31:00.0 +52:17:01  2.8 13.97  88
PPM 019866     16:24:07.2 +61:38:24  6.4  1.43  79
PPM 019813     16:17:53.6 +61:18:29  8.0  0.66  78
PPM 019762     16:11:58.0 +61:08:09  9.5  0.21  77
PPM 019768     16:12:40.8 +61:16:46 10.4  0.07  77
528219         16:12:23.9 +61:20:40 13.3        77
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 528219, (2025/01/17 16:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:36:56.7 +38:47:07  0.0 31.69 104
23Bet Dra      17:30:25.9 +52:18:05  2.8 13.97  88
PPM 019866     16:23:46.9 +61:41:48  6.4  1.43  79
PPM 019813     16:17:31.8 +61:22:05  8.0  0.66  78
PPM 019762     16:11:35.1 +61:11:58  9.5  0.21  77
PPM 019768     16:12:18.3 +61:20:33 10.4  0.07  77
528219         16:12:01.5 +61:24:27 13.3        77
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/12 03:42:15 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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