RECON: TNO occultation with 535231

Event between (535231) 14YJ50 and star GA1080:03266489 with event index number of 2259234

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/02/02 00:43:24 UTC

J2000 position of star is 09:58:58.2 +18:10:30
Equinox of date position of star is 10:00:13.9 +18:03:52
Stellar brightness G=14.6, 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 33% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.5

Object is 37.2 AU from the Sun and 36.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 191 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3526 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=259.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.6 sec chord
Diameter=105.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 535231, (2028/02/02 00:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:52.0 +11:49:44  1.3  6.61 127
30Eta Leo      10:08:51.6 +16:37:28  3.5  2.44 125
PPM 127019     10:02:14.1 +17:25:56  8.0  0.73 123
PPM 126996     10:00:56.1 +17:58:20  9.5  0.12 122
535231         10:00:30.7 +18:02:23 14.6       123
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 535231, (2028/02/02 00:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3  6.61 127
30Eta Leo      10:07:19.9 +16:45:46  3.5  2.44 125
PPM 127019     10:00:41.9 +17:34:06  8.0  0.73 123
PPM 126996     09:59:23.7 +18:06:28  9.5  0.12 122
535231         09:58:58.2 +18:10:30 14.6       122
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/12/26 04:18:56 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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