RECON: TNO occultation with 543377

Event between (543377) 14BF70 and star GA0580:28384254 with event index number of 2691780

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/02/23 16:07:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:00:38.1 -30:44:33
Equinox of date position of star is 18:02:12.9 -30:44:30
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 174 degrees from the moon. Moon is 70% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.0

Object is 12.8 AU from the Sun and 13.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 8.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 144 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 534 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=75.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.2 sec chord
Diameter=30.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 543377, (2029/02/23 16:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:12.0 -26:29:38  0.9 20.45 160
34Ups Sco      17:32:44.9 -37:18:58  2.7  9.01 166
10Gam2Sgr      18:07:40.9 -30:25:14  3.0  1.16 174
PPM 297099     18:01:42.4 -30:19:21  8.3  0.45 174
PPM 297106     18:02:00.9 -30:38:00  9.2  0.15 174
543377         18:02:30.9 -30:44:29 16.3       174
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 543377, (2029/02/23 16:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 20.45 160
34Ups Sco      17:30:45.8 -37:17:46  2.7  9.01 166
10Gam2Sgr      18:05:48.4 -30:25:31  3.0  1.16 174
PPM 297099     17:59:50.0 -30:19:23  8.3  0.45 174
PPM 297106     18:00:08.2 -30:38:03  9.2  0.15 174
543377         18:00:38.1 -30:44:33 16.3       174
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/26 21:31:27 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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