RECON: TNO occultation with 543435

Event between (543435) 14GC54 and star GA0700:06049493 with event index number of 2252420

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/09/07 22:56:00 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:55:55.5 -18:36:33
Equinox of date position of star is 15:57:20.2 -18:40:45
Stellar brightness G=11.9, use SENSEUP=16 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 250 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 107 degrees from the moon. Moon is 100% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1

Object is 30.9 AU from the Sun and 31.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 101 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1269 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.0
Diameter=232.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.6 sec chord
Diameter=94.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 543435, (2025/09/07 23:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:59.2 -26:29:12  0.9 10.99  98
8Bet1Sco       16:06:56.1 -19:52:25  2.6  2.54 105
47 Lib         15:56:29.7 -19:27:24  5.9  0.80 108
PPM 230949     15:57:06.5 -18:51:52  8.2  0.20 108
PPM 230961     15:57:47.2 -18:40:50  9.2  0.09 107
543435         15:57:24.5 -18:40:57 11.9       107
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 543435, (2025/09/07 23:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 10.99  98
8Bet1Sco       16:05:26.2 -19:48:20  2.6  2.54 105
47 Lib         15:55:00.4 -19:22:59  5.9  0.80 108
PPM 230949     15:55:37.4 -18:47:28  8.2  0.20 108
PPM 230961     15:56:18.3 -18:36:27  9.2  0.09 107
543435         15:55:55.5 -18:36:33 11.9       107
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/18 02:53:33 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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