RECON: TNO occultation with 533207

Event between (533207) 14DJ143 and star GA0700:06783798 with event index number of 2592917

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/07/05 10:29:48 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:44:30.9 -19:04:02
Equinox of date position of star is 16:45:56.9 -19:06:39
Stellar brightness G=12.2, use SENSEUP=16 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 250 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 17 degrees from the moon. Moon is 98% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.4

Object is 37.5 AU from the Sun and 36.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 181 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1574 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=289.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.6 sec chord
Diameter=118.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 533207, (2028/07/05 10:36UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:09.6 -26:29:34  0.9  8.15  19
35Eta Oph      17:12:00.9 -15:45:29  2.6  7.02  14
PPM 232040     16:43:34.5 -19:58:36  5.8  1.06  17
PPM 232122     16:47:10.4 -19:11:13  6.6  0.24  17
PPM 232113     16:46:42.4 -19:13:22  9.6  0.16  17
533207         16:46:11.1 -19:07:05 12.2        17
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 533207, (2028/07/05 10:36UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  8.15  19
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  7.02  14
PPM 232040     16:41:53.8 -19:55:27  5.8  1.06  17
PPM 232122     16:45:30.2 -19:08:13  6.6  0.24  17
PPM 232113     16:45:02.1 -19:10:20  9.6  0.16  17
533207         16:44:30.9 -19:04:02 12.2        17
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/24 21:30:36 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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