RECON: TNO occultation with 531917

Event between (531917) 13BN82 and star GA0980:03547448 with event index number of 2445295

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/01/28 02:06:01 UTC

J2000 position of star is 09:43:22.7 +08:15:19
Equinox of date position of star is 09:44:39.4 +08:08:39
Stellar brightness G=14.4, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 144 degrees from the moon. Moon is 3% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

Object is 35.5 AU from the Sun and 34.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 91 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1484 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=267.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.6 sec chord
Diameter=109.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 7:4EEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 531917, (2025/01/28 02:03UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:42.3 +11:50:37  1.3  7.18 140
PPM 156172     09:47:29.3 +06:35:30  5.8  1.69 142
PPM 156131     09:45:03.6 +07:50:12  8.1  0.32 143
531917         09:44:42.5 +08:08:22 14.4       143
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 531917, (2025/01/28 02:03UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3  7.18 140
PPM 156172     09:46:10.1 +06:42:30  5.8  1.69 142
PPM 156131     09:43:43.9 +07:57:09  8.1  0.32 143
531917         09:43:22.7 +08:15:19 14.4       143
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/29 04:23:25 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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