RECON: TNO occultation with 545293

Event between (545293) 11FX62 and star GA0560:07892331 with event index number of 2398178

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/08/18 13:14:18 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:31:18.1 -33:13:13
Equinox of date position of star is 15:32:46.8 -33:17:57
Stellar brightness G=15.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 151 degrees from the moon. Moon is 25% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.0

Object is 28.7 AU from the Sun and 28.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 9.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 174 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2122 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=219.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 23.6 sec chord
Diameter=89.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 545293, (2025/08/18 13:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:59.0 -26:29:12  0.9 14.29 163
Eta Lup        16:01:49.7 -38:28:03  2.8  7.80 156
PPM 293961     15:33:26.8 -32:58:01  6.5  0.36 151
PPM 293937     15:32:14.2 -33:25:59  9.0  0.19 151
545293         15:32:54.8 -33:18:22 15.8       152
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 545293, (2025/08/18 13:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 14.29 163
Eta Lup        16:00:07.3 -38:23:48  2.8  7.80 156
PPM 293961     15:31:50.2 -32:52:53  6.5  0.36 151
PPM 293937     15:30:37.4 -33:20:49  9.0  0.19 151
545293         15:31:18.1 -33:13:13 15.8       151
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/07/05 02:40:01 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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