RECON: TNO occultation with 534315

Event between (534315) 14SK349 and star GA1080:00436367 with event index number of 2241519

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/10/12 22:57:17 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:50:10.3 +19:50:19
Equinox of date position of star is 03:51:33.6 +19:54:35
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 71 degrees from the moon. Moon is 93% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.7

Object is 29.8 AU from the Sun and 29.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 146 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1451 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.9
Diameter=160.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.4 sec chord
Diameter=65.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 534315, (2027/10/12 23:04UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:31.1 +16:33:47  0.8 11.36  81
44Zet Per      03:55:53.1 +31:57:50  2.8 12.08  74
PPM 092798     03:46:05.6 +21:00:50  6.0  1.72  69
PPM 119423     03:53:54.9 +18:59:56  8.5  1.05  71
PPM 119397     03:51:31.4 +19:38:56  9.1  0.28  70
PPM 119412     03:52:54.7 +20:00:15 11.3  0.28  71
534315         03:51:47.1 +19:55:16 16.4        71
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 534315, (2027/10/12 23:04UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 11.36  81
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8 12.08  74
PPM 092798     03:44:28.3 +20:55:42  6.0  1.72  69
PPM 119423     03:52:18.6 +18:55:03  8.5  1.05  71
PPM 119397     03:49:54.8 +19:33:59  9.1  0.28  70
PPM 119412     03:51:17.8 +19:55:21 11.3  0.28  71
534315         03:50:10.3 +19:50:19 16.4        71
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/27 04:19:53 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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