RECON: TNO occultation with 533206

Event between (533206) 14DE143 and star GA0880:04044089 with event index number of 2593009

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/07/23 10:26:58 UTC

J2000 position of star is 12:26:53.9 -00:07:51
Equinox of date position of star is 12:28:08.7 -00:15:55
Stellar brightness G=12.6, use SENSEUP=16 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 250 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 83 degrees from the moon. Moon is 3% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.6

Object is 43.8 AU from the Sun and 44.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 147 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2328 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.0
Diameter=375.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 22.8 sec chord
Diameter=153.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 533206, (2025/07/23 10:28UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:32.6 -11:17:38  1.0 18.20 101
Vindemiatrix   13:03:27.0 +10:49:20  2.8 14.14  86
15Eta Vir      12:21:12.9 -00:48:31  3.9  1.83  82
PPM 178782     12:26:59.1 -00:25:24  8.4  0.34  83
PPM 158845     12:28:19.0 -00:01:19  9.6  0.25  83
533206         12:28:12.5 -00:16:20 12.6        83
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 533206, (2025/07/23 10:28UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 18.20 101
Vindemiatrix   13:02:10.2 +10:57:33  2.8 14.14  86
15Eta Vir      12:19:54.3 -00:40:01  3.9  1.83  82
PPM 178782     12:25:40.4 -00:16:55  8.4  0.34  83
PPM 158845     12:27:00.4 +00:07:10  9.6  0.25  83
533206         12:26:53.9 -00:07:51 12.6        83
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/18 03:40:35 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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