RECON: TNO occultation with 543354

Event between (543354) 14AN55 and star GA0920:03448693 with event index number of 2257280

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/06/08 10:19:35 UTC

J2000 position of star is 10:06:55.0 +03:56:25
Equinox of date position of star is 10:08:10.8 +03:49:15
Stellar brightness G=14.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 164 degrees from the moon. Moon is 50% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.0

Object is 43.9 AU from the Sun and 44.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 12.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 148 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1711 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.4
Diameter=801.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 65.1 sec chord
Diameter=327.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 26.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 543354, (2026/06/08 10:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:46.7 +11:50:13  1.3  8.04 162
14 Sex         10:08:10.3 +05:28:54  6.2  1.67 163
PPM 156510     10:07:32.6 +03:25:03  8.5  0.43 163
PPM 156512     10:07:36.3 +03:49:00  9.6  0.17 163
543354         10:08:17.4 +03:48:37 14.9       164
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 543354, (2026/06/08 10:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3  8.04 162
14 Sex         10:06:47.4 +05:36:41  6.2  1.67 163
PPM 156510     10:06:10.3 +03:32:49  8.5  0.43 163
PPM 156512     10:06:13.8 +03:56:46  9.6  0.17 163
543354         10:06:55.0 +03:56:25 14.9       163
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/23 03:24:52 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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