RECON: TNO occultation with 53311

Event between (53311) Deucalion and star GA0680:06610054 with event index number of 1888038

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/05/06 20:45:13 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:59:38.7 -20:37:54
Equinox of date position of star is 16:01:04.7 -20:41:58
Stellar brightness G=16.1, 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 95% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.0

Object is 42.3 AU from the Sun and 41.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 292 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2535 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=275.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.6 sec chord
Diameter=112.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 53311, (2028/05/06 20:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:09.0 -26:29:32  0.9  8.95  49
8Bet1Sco       16:07:05.4 -19:52:50  2.6  1.59  43
PPM 264922     15:59:20.2 -21:03:47  6.1  0.58  41
PPM 264933     16:00:10.1 -20:58:22  7.7  0.37  41
PPM 264972     16:01:41.1 -20:46:58  9.4  0.11  42
53311          16:01:18.3 -20:42:37 16.1        42
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 53311, (2028/05/06 20:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  8.95  49
8Bet1Sco       16:05:26.2 -19:48:20  2.6  1.59  43
PPM 264922     15:57:40.5 -20:59:00  6.1  0.58  41
PPM 264933     15:58:30.4 -20:53:37  7.7  0.37  41
PPM 264972     16:00:01.5 -20:42:15  9.4  0.11  42
53311          15:59:38.7 -20:37:54 16.1        42
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/24 21:28:57 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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