RECON: TNO occultation with 53311

Event between (53311) Deucalion and star GA0680:06496585 with event index number of 1705973

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/06/20 05:56:33 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:50:28.0 -20:10:13
Equinox of date position of star is 15:51:53.4 -20:14:34
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 42 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.0

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Object is 42.3 AU from the Sun and 41.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 277 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2046 km.
The sky-plane scale is 30032.2 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=275.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.0 sec chord
Diameter=112.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 53311, (2027/06/20 05:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:05.8 -26:29:26  0.9 10.91  32
7Del Sco       16:01:57.8 -22:41:51  2.3  3.36  40
45Lam Lib      15:54:56.0 -20:14:49  5.0  0.67  42
PPM 264734     15:50:57.2 -20:22:01  8.0  0.28  43
PPM 264772     15:52:40.6 -20:05:22  9.4  0.22  42
53311          15:52:03.9 -20:15:06 16.5        42
Positions are for equinox of date

This table contains the target star visibility for the RECON network. The observing range has been set to a maximum of 3.3 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 12.7 km RECON observability=0.7 and success probability=0.0%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Sleaford 05:56:49 -13.0 AT Up 16.7 193.6 Really Low 05:41:49 - 06:11:49 10826
Kamloops 05:57:34 -10.9 NT Up 19.2 179.6 Really Low 05:42:34 - 06:12:34 10611
Kelowna 05:57:29 -11.9 NT Up 20.0 180.5 Really Low 05:42:29 - 06:12:29 10594
Peachland 05:57:31 -11.9 NT Up 20.1 180.2 Low 05:42:31 - 06:12:31 10586
Summerland 05:57:30 -12.0 AT Up 20.2 180.3 Low 05:42:30 - 06:12:30 10582
Penticton 05:57:30 -12.1 AT Up 20.3 180.4 Low 05:42:30 - 06:12:30 10581
Oliver 05:57:32 -12.4 AT Up 20.6 180.4 Low 05:42:32 - 06:12:32 10567
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 05:57:29 -12.7 AT Up 20.8 180.6 Low 05:42:29 - 06:12:29 10564
Okanogan 05:57:29 -13.2 AT Up 21.5 180.4 Low 05:42:29 - 06:12:29 10535
Brewster 05:57:31 -13.3 AT Up 21.7 180.2 Low 05:42:31 - 06:12:31 10521
Manson/Chelan 05:57:32 -13.4 AT Up 21.9 179.8 Low 05:42:32 - 06:12:32 10507
Wenatchee 05:57:33 -13.8 AT Up 22.4 179.7 Low 05:42:33 - 06:12:33 10485
Victoria 05:57:42 -11.8 NT Up 21.2 176.6 Low 05:42:42 - 06:12:42 10480
Ellensburg 05:57:33 -14.0 AT Up 22.8 179.4 Low 05:42:33 - 06:12:33 10464
PNWRO 05:57:26 -15.4 AT Up 23.8 181.1 Low 05:42:26 - 06:12:26 10448
Yakima 05:57:33 -14.4 AT Up 23.2 179.4 Low 05:42:33 - 06:12:33 10446
Toppenish/White Swan 05:57:32 -14.6 AT Up 23.5 179.6 Low 05:42:32 - 06:12:32 10440
The Dalles 05:57:35 -15.0 AT Up 24.2 178.8 Low 05:42:35 - 06:12:35 10392
Maupin 05:57:32 -15.4 AT Up 24.6 178.9 Low 05:42:32 - 06:12:32 10375
Dunrhomin 05:56:31 -24.5 Dark Up 28.1 195.5 Low 05:41:31 - 06:11:31 10359
Nikitin 05:56:30 -24.7 Dark Up 28.3 195.5 Low 05:41:30 - 06:11:30 10349
CU-SBO 05:56:32 -24.7 Dark Up 28.3 195.5 Low 05:41:32 - 06:11:32 10345
Sisters 05:57:35 -16.0 AT Up 25.5 178.4 Low 05:42:35 - 06:12:35 10326
Bend 05:57:34 -16.3 AT Up 25.8 178.6 Low 05:42:34 - 06:12:34 10320
Oregon Observatory 05:57:34 -16.4 AT Up 25.9 178.5 Low 05:42:34 - 06:12:34 10309
Chiloquin 05:57:35 -17.4 AT Up 27.2 178.0 Low 05:42:35 - 06:12:35 10237
Klamath Falls 05:57:35 -17.7 AT Up 27.6 178.1 Low 05:42:35 - 06:12:35 10221
Cedarville 05:57:29 -18.9 Dark Up 28.3 179.8 Low 05:42:29 - 06:12:29 10214
Fall River/Burney 05:57:33 -18.9 Dark Up 28.8 178.5 Low 05:42:33 - 06:12:33 10167
Gimple 05:57:31 -19.8 Dark Up 29.7 179.1 Low 05:42:31 - 06:12:31 10128
Greenville 05:57:31 -19.8 Dark Up 29.7 179.0 Low 05:42:31 - 06:12:31 10127
Portola 05:57:29 -20.3 Dark Up 30.0 179.5 Up 05:42:29 - 06:12:29 10118
Quincy 05:57:31 -20.0 Dark Up 29.9 179.0 Low 05:42:31 - 06:12:31 10116
Reno 05:57:26 -20.8 Dark Up 30.3 180.2 Up 05:42:26 - 06:12:26 10115
Yerington 05:57:24 -21.5 Dark Up 30.8 180.9 Up 05:42:24 - 06:12:24 10096
Carson City 05:57:26 -21.1 Dark Up 30.6 180.2 Up 05:42:26 - 06:12:26 10096
Gardnerville 05:57:26 -21.3 Dark Up 30.9 180.2 Up 05:42:26 - 06:12:26 10083
Hawthorne 05:57:21 -22.1 Dark Up 31.3 181.4 Up 05:42:21 - 06:12:21 10080
Lee Vining 05:57:23 -22.4 Dark Up 31.9 180.9 Up 05:42:23 - 06:12:23 10040
Beatty 05:57:14 -24.2 Dark Up 32.9 183.5 Up 05:42:14 - 06:12:14 10019
Bishop 05:57:20 -23.2 Dark Up 32.4 181.7 Up 05:42:20 - 06:12:20 10018
Patrick 05:56:59 -26.6 Dark Up 34.1 186.8 Up 05:41:59 - 06:11:59 9978
Laughlin/Bullhead City 05:57:02 -26.5 Dark Up 34.4 186.0 Up 05:42:02 - 06:12:02 9951
Lake Havasu City 05:57:00 -27.2 Dark Up 35.1 186.4 Up 05:42:00 - 06:12:00 9914
George/Scottsdale 05:56:51 -28.8 Dark Up 35.6 189.2 Up 05:41:51 - 06:11:51 9905
Idyllwild 05:57:09 -27.0 Dark Up 36.0 183.7 Up 05:42:09 - 06:12:09 9828
Wildwood 05:57:18 -25.9 Dark Up 35.7 181.5 Up 05:42:18 - 06:12:18 9816
Calipatria 05:57:04 -28.0 Dark Up 36.5 185.1 Up 05:42:04 - 06:12:04 9808
Yuma 05:57:00 -28.7 Dark Up 36.9 186.1 Up 05:42:00 - 06:12:00 9796

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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 53311, (2027/06/20 05:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 10.91  32
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3  3.36  40
45Lam Lib      15:53:20.0 -20:10:02  5.0  0.67  42
PPM 264734     15:49:21.3 -20:17:05  8.0  0.28  43
PPM 264772     15:51:04.8 -20:00:30  9.4  0.22  42
53311          15:50:28.0 -20:10:13 16.5        42
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/21 21:28:58 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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