RECON: TNO occultation with 536922

Event between (536922) 15FP345 and star GA0820:04624052 with event index number of 2389535

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/05/18 19:45:16 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:58:37.1 -06:13:38
Equinox of date position of star is 14:59:51.0 -06:19:08
Stellar brightness G=13.6, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 16 degrees from the moon. Moon is 97% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.5

Object is 37.6 AU from the Sun and 36.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 149 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2136 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=257.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.9 sec chord
Diameter=104.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 7:4EEE+7:4EII
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 536922, (2027/05/18 19:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:38.4 -11:18:12  1.0 23.60  15
27Bet Lib      15:18:29.1 -09:28:56  2.6  5.54  17
16 Lib         14:58:37.0 -04:27:22  4.4  1.91  18
PPM 198101     15:00:04.0 -06:32:09  8.1  0.20  16
PPM 198095     14:59:52.8 -06:21:56  9.2  0.06  16
536922         15:00:04.2 -06:20:07 13.6        16
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 536922, (2027/05/18 19:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 23.60  15
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  5.54  17
16 Lib         14:57:10.8 -04:20:51  4.4  1.91  18
PPM 198101     14:58:36.9 -06:25:40  8.1  0.20  16
PPM 198095     14:58:25.7 -06:15:26  9.2  0.06  16
536922         14:58:37.1 -06:13:38 13.6        16
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/03/27 03:53:05 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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