RECON: TNO occultation with 532092

Event between (532092) 13HU156 and star GA0860:05742952 with event index number of 2161323

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/04/30 17:53:07 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:32:46.9 -02:37:25
Equinox of date position of star is 17:34:01.0 -02:38:20
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 144 degrees from the moon. Moon is 35% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.5

Object is 39.4 AU from the Sun and 38.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 101 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1487 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.5
Diameter=469.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 26.2 sec chord
Diameter=191.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 532092, (2028/04/30 17:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:09.0 -26:29:32  0.9 28.25 136
60Bet Oph      17:44:52.4 +04:33:26  2.8  7.67 141
PPM 180083     17:31:51.4 -01:05:01  6.2  1.67 142
PPM 200832     17:37:00.4 -02:54:29  8.0  0.74 144
PPM 200769     17:33:55.4 -02:46:44  9.7  0.16 143
532092         17:34:15.7 -02:38:31 15.4       144
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 532092, (2028/04/30 17:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 28.25 136
60Bet Oph      17:43:28.3 +04:34:06  2.8  7.67 141
PPM 180083     17:30:23.6 -01:03:50  6.2  1.67 142
PPM 200832     17:35:31.4 -02:53:30  8.0  0.74 144
PPM 200769     17:32:26.4 -02:45:38  9.7  0.16 143
532092         17:32:46.9 -02:37:25 15.4       143
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/08/24 02:44:12 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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