RECON: TNO occultation with 534161

Event between (534161) 14RQ63 and star GA1080:01445541 with event index number of 2175516

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/04/10 13:52:26 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:52:48.5 +18:57:49
Equinox of date position of star is 05:54:06.7 +18:58:02
Stellar brightness G=15.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 128 degrees from the moon. Moon is 98% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5

TNO is 31.7 AU from the Sun and 32.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 412 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2923 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=208.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.1 sec chord
Diameter=85.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 534161, (2028/04/10 14:03UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:42.2 +07:24:36  0.4 11.57 125
Alhena         06:39:20.7 +16:22:22  1.9 11.00 117
PPM 121513     05:54:04.0 +19:52:21  6.4  0.91 128
PPM 121533     05:54:54.6 +18:58:33  8.4  0.10 128
PPM 121520     05:54:21.8 +18:54:57  8.9  0.06 128
534161         05:54:28.5 +18:58:05 15.1       127
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 534161, (2028/04/10 14:03UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 11.57 125
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9 11.00 117
PPM 121513     05:52:23.4 +19:52:04  6.4  0.91 128
PPM 121533     05:53:14.7 +18:58:19  8.4  0.10 128
PPM 121520     05:52:41.9 +18:54:41  8.9  0.06 128
534161         05:52:48.5 +18:57:49 15.1       128
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/02/10 00:32:45 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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