RECON: TNO occultation with 530055

Event between (530055) 10VW224 and star GA1100:01252260 with event index number of 2435836

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/08/21 12:32:42 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:36:42.2 +20:26:52
Equinox of date position of star is 05:38:04.2 +20:27:37
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 70 degrees from the moon. Moon is 84% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.6

Object is 49.6 AU from the Sun and 50.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 561 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3539 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.5
Diameter=478.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 27.9 sec chord
Diameter=195.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 530055, (2027/08/21 12:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:40.1 +07:24:35  0.4 13.79  75
Alnath         05:28:02.5 +28:37:42  1.6  8.49  67
PPM 094484     05:35:17.5 +20:29:28  6.0  0.72  69
PPM 094568     05:38:41.2 +20:44:34  8.5  0.29  70
PPM 094570     05:38:43.3 +20:22:26  9.8  0.12  70
530055         05:38:20.9 +20:27:46 15.4        70
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 530055, (2027/08/21 12:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 13.79  75
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6  8.49  67
PPM 094484     05:33:38.8 +20:28:26  6.0  0.72  69
PPM 094568     05:37:02.3 +20:43:41  8.5  0.29  70
PPM 094570     05:37:04.7 +20:21:33  9.8  0.12  70
530055         05:36:42.2 +20:26:52 15.4        70
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/12/26 03:47:25 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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