RECON: TNO occultation with 533562

Event between (533562) 14JQ80 and star GA0720:06896641 with event index number of 2242862

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/05/24 04:42:52 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:58:00.9 -17:54:36
Equinox of date position of star is 16:59:17.2 -17:56:32
Stellar brightness G=15.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 126 degrees from the moon. Moon is 13% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5

TNO is 32.8 AU from the Sun and 31.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 151 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1465 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.4
Diameter=203.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.8 sec chord
Diameter=83.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 533562, (2025/05/24 04:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:58.1 -26:29:10  0.9 10.79 132
35Eta Oph      17:11:50.2 -15:45:16  2.6  3.68 123
PPM 232442     17:01:13.2 -18:17:08  6.4  0.53 126
PPM 232369     16:58:35.9 -17:57:57  8.4  0.21 127
PPM 232402     16:59:43.3 -17:53:43  8.7  0.08 126
533562         16:59:29.6 -17:56:51 15.7       126
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 533562, (2025/05/24 04:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 10.79 132
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  3.68 123
PPM 232442     16:59:44.3 -18:14:57  6.4  0.53 126
PPM 232369     16:57:07.2 -17:55:41  8.4  0.21 127
PPM 232402     16:58:14.6 -17:51:29  8.7  0.08 126
533562         16:58:00.9 -17:54:36 15.7       126
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/11/09 00:18:36 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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