RECON: TNO occultation with 536921

Event between (536921) 15FO345 and star GA0900:04412082 with event index number of 2389348

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/03/24 16:01:34 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:56:01.9 +00:23:17
Equinox of date position of star is 15:57:14.0 +00:19:16
Stellar brightness G=14.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 146 degrees from the moon. Moon is 37% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.9

Object is 36.5 AU from the Sun and 35.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.1 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 482 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5048 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=229.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.8 sec chord
Diameter=93.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 536921, (2026/03/24 16:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:01.2 -26:29:16  0.9 28.00 171
1Del Oph       16:15:43.4 -03:45:35  2.7  6.13 152
25 Ser         15:47:27.2 -01:53:05  5.3  3.31 147
PPM 179672     15:53:56.2 -01:06:29  8.2  1.66 147
PPM 162054     15:56:43.4 +00:00:07  9.1  0.35 147
536921         15:57:22.4 +00:18:48 14.9       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 536921, (2026/03/24 16:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 28.00 171
1Del Oph       16:14:20.7 -03:41:43  2.7  6.13 152
25 Ser         15:46:05.6 -01:48:16  5.3  3.31 147
PPM 179672     15:52:35.0 -01:01:53  8.2  1.66 147
PPM 162054     15:55:22.8 +00:04:38  9.1  0.35 147
536921         15:56:01.9 +00:23:17 14.9       146
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/07/05 02:43:59 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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