RECON: TNO occultation with 535025

Event between (535025) 14WT509 and star GA1000:00743634 with event index number of 2338255

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/02/07 13:21:33 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:22:04.7 +10:53:31
Equinox of date position of star is 05:23:18.1 +10:54:43
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 112 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.0

TNO is 36.7 AU from the Sun and 36.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 12.1 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 469 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2999 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=218.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.1 sec chord
Diameter=89.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 2:1E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 535025, (2027/02/07 13:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:38.4 +07:24:35  0.4  8.88 119
Bellatrix      05:26:35.2 +06:22:19  1.6  4.60 112
18 Ori         05:17:34.6 +11:22:11  5.6  1.54 110
PPM 120858     05:22:42.3 +11:08:02  7.6  0.31 112
PPM 120852     05:22:25.7 +10:49:06 10.9  0.30 112
535025         05:23:34.9 +10:54:59 15.4       112
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 535025, (2027/02/07 13:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  8.88 119
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6  4.60 112
18 Ori         05:16:04.1 +11:20:29  5.6  1.54 110
PPM 120858     05:21:11.9 +11:06:32  7.6  0.31 112
PPM 120852     05:20:55.6 +10:47:35 10.9  0.30 112
535025         05:22:04.7 +10:53:31 15.4       112
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/01/21 23:59:50 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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