RECON: TNO occultation with 533398

Event between (533398) 14GA54 and star GA0760:10253315 with event index number of 2164078

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/05/26 23:34:00 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:51:47.4 -12:32:24
Equinox of date position of star is 17:53:09.8 -12:32:40
Stellar brightness G=13.8, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 151 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

Object is 31.1 AU from the Sun and 30.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 203 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1601 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=215.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.1 sec chord
Diameter=88.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 533398, (2025/05/26 23:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:58.1 -26:29:10  0.9 23.81 174
35Eta Oph      17:11:50.2 -15:45:16  2.6 10.53 162
PPM 233722     17:55:32.5 -11:20:27  6.5  1.33 150
PPM 233639     17:51:21.2 -12:36:54  8.1  0.46 152
PPM 233698     17:53:45.3 -12:35:35  9.8  0.14 151
533398         17:53:13.0 -12:32:41 13.8       151
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 533398, (2025/05/26 23:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 23.81 174
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6 10.53 162
PPM 233722     17:54:07.6 -11:20:15  6.5  1.33 150
PPM 233639     17:49:55.5 -12:36:33  8.1  0.46 152
PPM 233698     17:52:19.7 -12:35:20  9.8  0.14 151
533398         17:51:47.4 -12:32:24 13.8       151
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/13 03:51:16 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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