RECON: TNO occultation with 534627

Event between (534627) 14UV224 and star GA1080:00371924 with event index number of 2388328

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/10/28 21:26:45 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:26:13.0 +19:55:01
Equinox of date position of star is 03:27:37.5 +20:00:05
Stellar brightness G=14.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 122 degrees from the moon. Moon is 11% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.3

Object is 40.7 AU from the Sun and 39.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.3 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 237 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1910 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=345.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.8 sec chord
Diameter=140.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 11:3EEEEEEEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 534627, (2024/10/28 21:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:20.9 +16:33:26  0.8 16.89 107
44Zet Per      03:55:41.9 +31:57:19  2.8 13.50 113
65 Ari         03:25:52.3 +20:53:23  5.9  0.98 122
PPM 119052     03:25:26.7 +19:59:37  8.2  0.52 123
PPM 092488     03:26:46.2 +20:25:26 10.8  0.47 122
534627         03:27:38.8 +20:00:10 14.9       122
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 534627, (2024/10/28 21:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 16.89 107
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8 13.50 113
65 Ari         03:24:26.1 +20:48:12  5.9  0.98 122
PPM 119052     03:24:00.9 +19:54:25  8.2  0.52 123
PPM 092488     03:25:20.2 +20:20:16 10.8  0.47 122
534627         03:26:13.0 +19:55:01 14.9       122
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/12 03:40:33 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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