RECON: TNO occultation with 530930

Event between (530930) 11WG157 and star GA1320:01910230 with event index number of 2444034

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/04/04 15:12:25 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:28:18.1 +43:46:51
Equinox of date position of star is 04:29:53.0 +43:49:44
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 148 degrees from the moon. Moon is 94% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.4

TNO is 30.6 AU from the Sun and 31.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 22.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 148 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1497 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=211.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.4 sec chord
Diameter=86.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 1:1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 530930, (2026/04/04 15:19UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:25.8 +16:33:36  0.8 27.32 152
3Iot Aur       04:58:42.5 +33:12:18  2.7 12.00 147
PPM 046963     04:19:57.7 +42:12:12  6.1  2.48 150
PPM 047093     04:29:46.0 +43:23:15  7.4  0.46 148
PPM 047086     04:29:24.6 +43:41:56 10.0  0.19 148
PPM 047108     04:31:00.3 +43:55:49 10.9  0.18 147
530930         04:30:09.9 +43:50:14 16.7       147
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 530930, (2026/04/04 15:19UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 27.32 152
3Iot Aur       04:56:59.6 +33:09:58  2.7 12.00 147
PPM 046963     04:18:08.2 +42:08:27  6.1  2.48 150
PPM 047093     04:27:54.7 +43:19:52  7.4  0.46 148
PPM 047086     04:27:33.0 +43:38:32 10.0  0.19 148
PPM 047108     04:29:08.3 +43:52:28 10.9  0.18 147
530930         04:28:18.1 +43:46:51 16.7       148
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/04/14 23:08:51 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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