RECON: TNO occultation with 533562

Event between (533562) 14JQ80 and star GA0720:06766750 with event index number of 2242875

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/06/24 20:36:52 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:54:46.6 -17:51:01
Equinox of date position of star is 16:56:02.9 -17:53:03
Stellar brightness G=14.0, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 165 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6

TNO is 32.8 AU from the Sun and 31.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 22.3 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 152 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1422 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.4
Diameter=203.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.1 sec chord
Diameter=83.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 533562, (2025/06/24 20:37UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:58.4 -26:29:11  0.9 10.40 164
35Eta Oph      17:11:50.5 -15:45:17  2.6  4.30 166
PPM 232348     16:57:30.2 -16:50:41  6.3  1.09 165
PPM 232291     16:55:25.9 -18:00:59  7.7  0.23 165
PPM 232325     16:56:42.8 -17:56:24  9.5  0.12 165
533562         16:56:15.5 -17:53:22 14.0       165
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, (2025/06/24 20:37UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 10.40 164
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  4.30 166
PPM 232348     16:56:02.0 -16:48:22  6.3  1.09 165
PPM 232291     16:53:56.9 -17:58:36  7.7  0.23 165
PPM 232325     16:55:13.9 -17:54:03  9.5  0.12 165
533562         16:54:46.6 -17:51:01 14.0       165
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/11/10 00:16:15 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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