RECON: TNO occultation with 543454

Event between (543454) 14HZ199 and star GA0700:06066925 with event index number of 2825064

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/09/13 05:33:03 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:37:05.2 -19:50:38
Equinox of date position of star is 15:38:30.1 -19:55:23
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 2 degrees from the moon. Moon is 30% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.5

Object is 42.9 AU from the Sun and 43.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 107 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1719 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.0
Diameter=591.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 37.2 sec chord
Diameter=241.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 15.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 543454, (2029/09/13 05:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:14.0 -26:29:43  0.9 13.70  13
7Del Sco       16:02:05.7 -22:42:13  2.3  6.09   6
41 Lib         15:40:37.5 -19:23:50  5.3  0.69   3
PPM 230514     15:40:08.2 -20:00:33  7.1  0.32   2
PPM 230472     15:38:19.2 -19:54:50  9.9  0.12   2
543454         15:38:48.2 -19:56:24 16.4         2
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 543454, (2029/09/13 05:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 13.70  13
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3  6.09   6
41 Lib         15:38:54.7 -19:18:09  5.3  0.69   3
PPM 230514     15:38:25.0 -19:54:50  7.1  0.32   2
PPM 230472     15:36:36.2 -19:49:03  9.9  0.12   2
543454         15:37:05.2 -19:50:38 16.4         2
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/27 21:04:58 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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