RECON: TNO occultation with 532093

Event between (532093) 13HV156 and star GA0840:05577120 with event index number of 2448336

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/08/03 18:33:26 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:12:50.4 -04:33:36
Equinox of date position of star is 17:14:03.0 -04:35:08
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 112 degrees from the moon. Moon is 75% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.0

TNO is 46.4 AU from the Sun and 45.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 192 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1729 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.2
Diameter=532.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 35.9 sec chord
Diameter=217.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 14.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 532093, (2026/08/03 18:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:02.5 -26:29:19  0.9 24.21 122
13Zet Oph      16:38:37.5 -10:37:08  2.6 10.69 121
PPM 200511     17:18:08.4 -06:16:20  6.0  1.94 111
PPM 200428     17:13:07.9 -04:40:16  8.0  0.29 112
PPM 200437     17:13:44.4 -04:25:58  9.3  0.20 112
532093         17:14:14.9 -04:35:23 16.6       112
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 532093, (2026/08/03 18:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 24.21 122
13Zet Oph      16:37:09.6 -10:34:01  2.6 10.69 121
PPM 200511     17:16:42.8 -06:14:42  6.0  1.94 111
PPM 200428     17:11:43.3 -04:38:26  8.0  0.29 112
PPM 200437     17:12:20.0 -04:24:09  9.3  0.20 112
532093         17:12:50.4 -04:33:36 16.6       112
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/11/04 04:18:37 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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