RECON: TNO occultation with 535229

Event between (535229) 14YG50 and star GA1080:03087584 with event index number of 2244831

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/12/27 18:41:14 UTC

J2000 position of star is 08:27:35.0 +19:07:18
Equinox of date position of star is 08:28:54.8 +19:02:38
Stellar brightness G=15.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 119 degrees from the moon. Moon is 50% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.8

Object is 35.7 AU from the Sun and 34.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 209 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3181 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=215.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.9 sec chord
Diameter=88.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 535229, (2025/12/27 18:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:54.4 +27:57:41  1.1 13.15 107
20 Cnc         08:24:50.9 +18:14:49  5.9  1.27 118
PPM 125249     08:27:19.9 +19:31:07  8.5  0.64 118
PPM 125277     08:28:45.4 +19:12:32  8.7  0.19 118
535229         08:29:04.5 +19:02:04 15.6       119
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 535229, (2025/12/27 18:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 13.15 107
20 Cnc         08:23:21.7 +18:19:55  5.9  1.27 118
PPM 125249     08:25:50.1 +19:36:18  8.5  0.64 118
PPM 125277     08:27:15.8 +19:17:46  8.7  0.19 118
535229         08:27:35.0 +19:07:18 15.6       119
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/03/04 04:10:12 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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