RECON: TNO occultation with 535990

Event between (535990) 15BW518 and star GA1040:03416777 with event index number of 2664589

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/01/11 23:42:46 UTC

J2000 position of star is 10:53:15.6 +15:46:40
Equinox of date position of star is 10:54:32.2 +15:38:57
Stellar brightness G=14.1, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 101 degrees from the moon. Moon is 8% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.6

Object is 38.4 AU from the Sun and 37.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 287 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4154 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=270.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.2 sec chord
Diameter=110.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 535990, (2029/01/11 23:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:55.0 +11:49:27  1.3 11.54 109
68Del Leo      11:15:38.8 +20:21:52  2.6  6.86  98
52 Leo         10:47:57.4 +14:02:26  5.5  2.29 101
PPM 127761     10:52:34.7 +15:53:55  8.0  0.60 101
PPM 127789     10:54:30.1 +15:39:43  8.9  0.08 101
535990         10:54:48.0 +15:37:22 14.1       100
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 535990, (2029/01/11 23:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 11.54 109
68Del Leo      11:14:06.7 +20:31:22  2.6  6.86  98
52 Leo         10:46:25.1 +14:11:39  5.5  2.29 101
PPM 127761     10:51:02.2 +16:03:11  8.0  0.60 101
PPM 127789     10:52:57.7 +15:49:00  8.9  0.08 101
535990         10:53:15.6 +15:46:40 14.1       100
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/31 03:20:43 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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