RECON: TNO occultation with 531141

Event between (531141) 12FK84 and star GA0860:04573234 with event index number of 2444827

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/06/04 23:12:10 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:37:55.7 -02:16:05
Equinox of date position of star is 15:39:09.1 -02:20:37
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 50 degrees from the moon. Moon is 67% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.5

Object is 39.1 AU from the Sun and 38.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 146 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1817 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=302.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.4 sec chord
Diameter=123.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 531141, (2025/06/04 23:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:58.2 -26:29:10  0.9 27.14  65
27Bet Lib      15:18:22.8 -09:28:30  2.6  8.81  45
25 Ser         15:47:24.7 -01:52:56  5.3  2.09  52
PPM 198728     15:35:50.8 -03:01:31  8.5  1.09  50
PPM 179601     15:37:32.3 -02:35:57  9.9  0.50  50
PPM 179611     15:39:02.7 -02:11:12 10.3  0.17  50
531141         15:39:15.0 -02:21:00 16.5        51
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 531141, (2025/06/04 23:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 27.14  65
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  8.81  45
25 Ser         15:46:05.6 -01:48:16  5.3  2.09  52
PPM 198728     15:34:31.2 -02:56:30  8.5  1.09  50
PPM 179601     15:36:12.9 -02:30:59  9.9  0.50  50
PPM 179611     15:37:43.5 -02:06:17 10.3  0.17  50
531141         15:37:55.7 -02:16:05 16.5        50
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/07/05 02:38:54 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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