RECON: TNO occultation with 535027

Event between (535027) 14WY509 and star GA0860:03933053 with event index number of 2337784

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/12/09 07:34:23 UTC

J2000 position of star is 11:04:54.0 -03:28:56
Equinox of date position of star is 11:06:08.8 -03:36:53
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 147 degrees from the moon. Moon is 79% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

Object is 42.3 AU from the Sun and 42.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 7.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 344 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3787 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=405.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 54.6 sec chord
Diameter=165.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 22.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 535027, (2027/12/09 07:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:51.5 +11:49:46  1.3 20.88 128
61 Leo         11:03:15.2 -02:38:08  6.1  1.26 146
PPM 194048     11:04:02.1 -03:39:49  6.8  0.57 146
PPM 194073     11:05:16.0 -03:39:16  9.5  0.26 147
PPM 194095     11:06:23.8 -03:41:12 10.1  0.06 147
535027         11:06:19.4 -03:38:01 16.2       147
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 535027, (2027/12/09 07:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 20.88 128
61 Leo         11:01:49.7 -02:29:06  6.1  1.26 146
PPM 194048     11:02:36.8 -03:30:46  6.8  0.57 146
PPM 194073     11:03:50.7 -03:30:12  9.5  0.26 147
PPM 194095     11:04:58.4 -03:32:08 10.1  0.06 147
535027         11:04:54.0 -03:28:56 16.2       147
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/23 21:27:31 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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