RECON: TNO occultation with 543377

Event between (543377) 14BF70 and star GA0580:35311008 with event index number of 2719743

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/03/24 03:56:33 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:06:16.9 -30:52:54
Equinox of date position of star is 18:07:51.8 -30:52:39
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 165 degrees from the moon. Moon is 59% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.0

Object is 12.9 AU from the Sun and 12.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 10.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 333 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1240 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=75.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.7 sec chord
Diameter=30.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 543377, (2029/03/24 03:59UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:12.3 -26:29:39  0.9 21.67 145
Kap Sco        17:44:30.7 -39:02:31  2.4  9.49 156
10Gam2Sgr      18:07:41.2 -30:25:14  3.0  0.47 165
PPM 297232     18:07:47.9 -30:39:21  8.4  0.23 165
PPM 297219     18:07:26.0 -30:50:03  8.6  0.16 165
543377         18:08:10.2 -30:52:36 15.9       166
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, (2029/03/24 03:59UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 21.67 145
Kap Sco        17:42:29.3 -39:01:49  2.4  9.49 156
10Gam2Sgr      18:05:48.4 -30:25:31  3.0  0.47 165
PPM 297232     18:05:54.9 -30:39:39  8.4  0.23 165
PPM 297219     18:05:32.8 -30:50:20  8.6  0.16 165
543377         18:06:16.9 -30:52:54 15.9       165
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/26 21:34:23 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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