RECON: TNO occultation with 533560

Event between (533560) 14JM80 and star GA0860:05385144 with event index number of 2587108

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/08/11 16:17:25 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:11:51.7 -02:46:30
Equinox of date position of star is 17:13:03.6 -02:48:04
Stellar brightness G=15.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 24 degrees from the moon. Moon is 74% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6

TNO is 46.5 AU from the Sun and 46.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 12.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 616 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4535 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=436.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 33.8 sec chord
Diameter=178.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 13.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 533560, (2027/08/11 16:17UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:06.3 -26:29:27  0.9 25.75   8
60Bet Oph      17:44:50.3 +04:33:28  2.8 10.78  33
PPM 180004     17:09:39.2 -01:06:49  6.5  1.92  26
PPM 200432     17:13:15.4 -03:22:49  8.4  0.57  24
PPM 200422     17:12:54.3 -03:10:20  9.4  0.38  24
PPM 200438     17:13:47.3 -02:57:16 10.1  0.19  24
533560         17:13:18.4 -02:48:24 15.8        24
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 533560, (2027/08/11 16:17UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 25.75   8
60Bet Oph      17:43:28.3 +04:34:06  2.8 10.78  33
PPM 180004     17:08:13.6 -01:04:47  6.5  1.92  26
PPM 200432     17:11:48.4 -03:20:55  8.4  0.57  24
PPM 200422     17:11:27.4 -03:08:25  9.4  0.38  24
PPM 200438     17:12:20.5 -02:55:23 10.1  0.19  24
533560         17:11:51.7 -02:46:30 15.8        24
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/11/22 03:31:38 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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