RECON: TNO occultation with 534625

Event between (534625) 14UQ224 and star GA1140:01030260 with event index number of 2388124

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/04/02 13:28:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:11:05.2 +24:41:38
Equinox of date position of star is 05:12:34.0 +24:43:19
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 9 degrees from the moon. Moon is 23% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.4

Object is 46.5 AU from the Sun and 46.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 305 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1892 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.6
Diameter=467.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 29.5 sec chord
Diameter=191.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 12.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 534625, (2025/04/02 13:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:22.3 +16:33:29  0.8 11.60  11
Alnath         05:27:53.4 +28:37:35  1.6  5.18  12
103 Tau        05:09:39.1 +24:17:46  5.3  0.80   9
PPM 094178     05:14:36.1 +24:25:30  8.4  0.54  10
PPM 094145     05:12:22.8 +24:53:57 10.0  0.19   9
PPM 094164     05:13:16.1 +24:47:48 10.1  0.16   9
534625         05:12:38.0 +24:43:23 16.8         9
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 534625, (2025/04/02 13:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 11.60  11
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6  5.18  12
103 Tau        05:08:06.6 +24:15:54  5.3  0.80   9
PPM 094178     05:13:03.4 +24:23:49  8.4  0.54  10
PPM 094145     05:10:49.8 +24:52:11 10.0  0.19   9
PPM 094164     05:11:43.2 +24:46:04 10.1  0.16   9
534625         05:11:05.2 +24:41:38 16.8         9
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/04 05:31:38 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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