RECON: TNO occultation with 533206

Event between (533206) 14DE143 and star GA0880:04083751 with event index number of 2593032

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/02/20 07:33:28 UTC

J2000 position of star is 12:46:46.6 -01:49:06
Equinox of date position of star is 12:48:01.6 -01:57:02
Stellar brightness G=15.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 84 degrees from the moon. Moon is 22% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.5

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Object is 43.7 AU from the Sun and 43.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 185 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2430 km.
The sky-plane scale is 31179.9 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.0
Diameter=375.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 20.9 sec chord
Diameter=153.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 533206, (2028/02/20 07:32UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:40.8 -11:18:26  1.0 13.35  72
Vindemiatrix   13:03:34.8 +10:48:30  2.8 13.34  86
38 Vir         12:54:37.9 -03:42:20  6.1  2.36  82
PPM 178863     12:45:04.9 -01:43:53  6.8  0.82  85
PPM 178885     12:50:24.5 -01:39:27  9.1  0.63  84
PPM 178878     12:48:30.5 -02:14:20 11.7  0.28  84
533206         12:48:13.4 -01:58:18 15.5        84
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 4.9 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 22.9 km RECON observability=1.0 and success probability=24.4%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Sleaford 07:37:25 -48.8 Dark Down 29.2 140.8 Low 07:22:25 - 07:52:25 2788
Kamloops 07:38:03 -49.7 Dark Down 23.7 126.1 Low 07:23:03 - 07:53:03 2300
Kelowna 07:38:01 -50.6 Dark Down 24.6 126.6 Low 07:23:01 - 07:53:01 2248
Peachland 07:38:01 -50.6 Dark Down 24.5 126.3 Low 07:23:01 - 07:53:01 2231
Summerland 07:38:02 -50.8 Dark Down 24.6 126.4 Low 07:23:02 - 07:53:02 2220
Penticton 07:38:01 -50.9 Dark Down 24.7 126.4 Low 07:23:01 - 07:53:01 2216
Oliver 07:38:02 -51.2 Dark Down 25.0 126.3 Low 07:23:02 - 07:53:02 2184
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 07:38:01 -51.4 Dark Down 25.2 126.4 Low 07:23:01 - 07:53:01 2174
Okanogan 07:38:04 -52.0 Dark Down 25.4 126.0 Low 07:23:04 - 07:53:04 2109
Brewster 07:38:04 -52.2 Dark Down 25.5 125.7 Low 07:23:04 - 07:53:04 2079
Manson/Chelan 07:38:05 -52.4 Dark Down 25.4 125.3 Low 07:23:05 - 07:53:05 2050
Victoria 07:38:11 -51.1 Dark Down 23.3 122.6 Low 07:23:11 - 07:53:11 2032
Wenatchee 07:38:06 -52.8 Dark Down 25.6 124.9 Low 07:23:06 - 07:53:06 2002
Ellensburg 07:38:07 -53.2 Dark Down 25.7 124.6 Low 07:23:07 - 07:53:07 1958
Yakima 07:38:07 -53.6 Dark Down 25.9 124.4 Low 07:23:07 - 07:53:07 1920
PNWRO 07:38:03 -54.4 Dark Down 27.2 125.7 Low 07:23:03 - 07:53:03 1908
Toppenish/White Swan 07:38:08 -53.8 Dark Down 26.1 124.5 Low 07:23:08 - 07:53:08 1904
The Dalles 07:38:10 -54.4 Dark Down 26.1 123.4 Low 07:23:10 - 07:53:10 1810
Dunrhomin 07:37:25 -60.4 Dark Down 38.4 136.4 Up 07:22:25 - 07:52:25 1789
Maupin 07:38:11 -54.8 Dark Down 26.4 123.4 Low 07:23:11 - 07:53:11 1773
Nikitin 07:37:25 -60.5 Dark Down 38.5 136.3 Up 07:22:25 - 07:52:25 1771
CU-SBO 07:37:26 -60.6 Dark Down 38.5 136.2 Up 07:22:26 - 07:52:26 1763
Sisters 07:38:12 -55.6 Dark Down 26.6 122.6 Low 07:23:12 - 07:53:12 1676
Bend 07:38:12 -55.8 Dark Down 26.9 122.7 Low 07:23:12 - 07:53:12 1660
Oregon Observatory 07:38:13 -56.0 Dark Down 26.9 122.5 Low 07:23:13 - 07:53:13 1640
Chiloquin 07:38:15 -57.1 Dark Down 27.3 121.6 Low 07:23:15 - 07:53:15 1502
Klamath Falls 07:38:14 -57.5 Dark Down 27.6 121.5 Low 07:23:14 - 07:53:14 1471
Cedarville 07:38:10 -58.5 Dark Down 28.9 122.6 Low 07:23:10 - 07:53:10 1446
Fall River/Burney 07:38:14 -58.7 Dark Down 28.4 121.3 Low 07:23:14 - 07:53:14 1365
Gimple 07:38:14 -59.7 Dark Down 29.3 121.3 Low 07:23:14 - 07:53:14 1291
Greenville 07:38:14 -59.6 Dark Down 29.2 121.2 Low 07:23:14 - 07:53:14 1288
Portola 07:38:13 -60.1 Dark Down 29.7 121.5 Low 07:23:13 - 07:53:13 1270
Quincy 07:38:14 -59.8 Dark Down 29.3 121.2 Low 07:23:14 - 07:53:14 1269
Reno 07:38:11 -60.5 Dark Down 30.2 121.9 Up 07:23:11 - 07:53:11 1262
Carson City 07:38:11 -60.8 Dark Down 30.4 121.8 Up 07:23:11 - 07:53:11 1227
Yerington 07:38:09 -61.2 Dark Down 31.0 122.2 Up 07:23:09 - 07:53:09 1226
Gardnerville 07:38:10 -61.1 Dark Down 30.6 121.7 Up 07:23:10 - 07:53:10 1204
Hawthorne 07:38:08 -61.7 Dark Down 31.6 122.4 Up 07:23:08 - 07:53:08 1196
Lee Vining 07:38:09 -62.1 Dark Down 31.5 121.7 Up 07:23:09 - 07:53:09 1126
Beatty 07:38:03 -63.6 Dark Down 33.7 123.2 Up 07:23:03 - 07:53:03 1092
Bishop 07:38:08 -62.9 Dark Down 32.3 122.0 Up 07:23:08 - 07:53:08 1088
Patrick 07:37:53 -65.5 Dark Down 36.4 124.9 Up 07:22:53 - 07:52:53 1037
Laughlin/Bullhead City 07:37:56 -65.7 Dark Down 36.1 124.2 Up 07:22:56 - 07:52:56 989
George/Scottsdale 07:37:46 -67.3 Dark Down 38.7 125.7 Up 07:22:46 - 07:52:46 937
Lake Havasu City 07:37:55 -66.4 Dark Down 36.6 124.0 Up 07:22:55 - 07:52:55 931
Idyllwild 07:38:02 -66.7 Dark Down 35.4 121.4 Up 07:23:02 - 07:53:02 778
Calipatria 07:37:59 -67.5 Dark Down 36.5 122.1 Up 07:22:59 - 07:52:59 755
Wildwood 07:38:08 -66.0 Dark Down 33.9 120.0 Up 07:23:08 - 07:53:08 754
Yuma 07:37:55 -68.1 Dark Down 37.4 122.6 Up 07:22:55 - 07:52:55 742

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 533206, (2028/02/20 07:32UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 13.35  72
Vindemiatrix   13:02:10.2 +10:57:33  2.8 13.34  86
38 Vir         12:53:10.8 -03:33:11  6.1  2.36  82
PPM 178863     12:43:38.2 -01:34:40  6.8  0.82  85
PPM 178885     12:48:57.8 -01:30:17  9.1  0.63  84
PPM 178878     12:47:03.7 -02:05:08 11.7  0.28  84
533206         12:46:46.6 -01:49:06 15.5        84
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/18 03:51:27 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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