RECON: TNO occultation with 536922

Event between (536922) 15FP345 and star GA0820:04690488 with event index number of 2667919

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/01/16 09:48:48 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:15:24.3 -07:51:11
Equinox of date position of star is 15:16:39.0 -07:56:17
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 87 degrees from the moon. Moon is 3% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.8

Object is 37.9 AU from the Sun and 38.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 291 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2341 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=257.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.9 sec chord
Diameter=104.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 7:4EEE+7:4EII
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 536922, (2029/01/16 09:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:11.6 -26:29:38  0.9 25.57  67
27Bet Lib      15:18:34.5 -09:29:17  2.6  1.58  86
PPM 198488     15:22:39.9 -05:55:40  5.4  2.48  86
PPM 198381     15:16:07.1 -08:19:08  8.5  0.42  87
PPM 198395     15:16:58.3 -07:56:10  9.3  0.02  87
536922         15:16:57.6 -07:57:33 16.1        87
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, (2029/01/16 09:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 25.57  67
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  1.58  86
PPM 198488     15:21:07.5 -05:49:30  5.4  2.48  86
PPM 198381     15:14:33.5 -08:12:45  8.5  0.42  87
PPM 198395     15:15:24.9 -07:49:48  9.3  0.02  87
536922         15:15:24.3 -07:51:11 16.1        87
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/03/27 23:24:51 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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