RECON: TNO occultation with 533396

Event between (533396) 14GQ53 and star GA0780:17001398 with event index number of 2591818

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/03/28 20:27:20 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:55:18.4 -11:36:58
Equinox of date position of star is 18:56:32.3 -11:35:11
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 113 degrees from the moon. Moon is 7% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.2

TNO is 22.8 AU from the Sun and 22.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 9.8 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 593 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2299 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.4
Diameter=79.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.2 sec chord
Diameter=32.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 533396, (2028/03/28 20:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:08.6 -26:29:32  0.9 37.35 149
Nunki          18:57:00.9 -26:15:32  2.0 14.68 117
PPM 235105     18:52:06.9 -13:32:15  6.5  2.28 115
PPM 235261     18:57:57.3 -11:17:05  7.3  0.39 113
PPM 235247     18:57:21.3 -11:41:51  9.6  0.17 113
533396         18:56:52.8 -11:34:41 16.7       113
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 533396, (2028/03/28 20:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 37.35 149
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0 14.68 117
PPM 235105     18:50:31.2 -13:34:20  6.5  2.28 115
PPM 235261     18:56:23.2 -11:19:24  7.3  0.39 113
PPM 235247     18:55:46.9 -11:44:09  9.6  0.17 113
533396         18:55:18.4 -11:36:58 16.7       113
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/02/09 01:17:28 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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