RECON: TNO occultation with 533085

Event between (533085) 14BW64 and star GA0960:03608706 with event index number of 2593182

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/05/25 03:30:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 10:08:02.3 +07:46:32
Equinox of date position of star is 10:09:18.7 +07:39:24
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 145 degrees from the moon. Moon is 80% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.9

Object is 40.7 AU from the Sun and 40.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 5.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 520 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2314 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=302.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 55.3 sec chord
Diameter=123.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 22.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 533085, (2027/05/25 03:21UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:49.8 +11:49:56  1.3  4.19 146
29Pi Leo       10:01:39.5 +07:54:42  4.7  1.96 146
PPM 156513     10:07:45.2 +07:48:35  8.4  0.46 145
PPM 156547     10:09:47.7 +07:26:17  9.1  0.22 144
533085         10:09:28.9 +07:38:27 16.2       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 533085, (2027/05/25 03:21UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3  4.19 146
29Pi Leo       10:00:12.8 +08:02:39  4.7  1.96 146
PPM 156513     10:06:18.6 +07:56:39  8.4  0.46 145
PPM 156547     10:08:21.2 +07:34:23  9.1  0.22 144
533085         10:08:02.3 +07:46:32 16.2       145
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/06 04:22:51 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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