RECON: TNO occultation with 533561

Event between (533561) 14JN80 and star GA0800:07342175 with event index number of 2586353

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/05/04 01:38:34 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:53:34.4 -09:06:53
Equinox of date position of star is 17:54:54.8 -09:07:05
Stellar brightness G=15.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 137 degrees from the moon. Moon is 45% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.4

Object is 37.5 AU from the Sun and 36.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 614 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2814 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=288.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.6 sec chord
Diameter=117.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 533561, (2025/05/04 01:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:57.9 -26:29:10  0.9 26.40 122
35Eta Oph      17:11:50.0 -15:45:16  2.6 12.44 129
64Nu Oph       18:00:25.3 -09:46:28  3.3  1.50 138
PPM 233708     17:54:35.7 -10:22:33  8.1  1.26 137
PPM 201173     17:54:46.8 -08:57:57  9.7  0.16 137
533561         17:54:57.7 -09:07:05 15.2       137
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 533561, (2025/05/04 01:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 26.40 122
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6 12.44 129
64Nu Oph       17:59:01.6 -09:46:28  3.3  1.50 138
PPM 233708     17:53:11.5 -10:22:20  8.1  1.26 137
PPM 201173     17:53:23.5 -08:57:44  9.7  0.16 137
533561         17:53:34.4 -09:06:53 15.2       137
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/13 03:46:11 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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