RECON: TNO occultation with 545293

Event between (545293) 11FX62 and star GA0560:08434742 with event index number of 2398436

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/08/09 18:21:28 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:54:27.8 -33:23:45
Equinox of date position of star is 15:55:57.9 -33:27:49
Stellar brightness G=15.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 12 degrees from the moon. Moon is 56% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1

Object is 29.9 AU from the Sun and 29.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 8.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 213 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3101 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=219.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 27.7 sec chord
Diameter=89.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 545293, (2027/08/09 18:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:06.3 -26:29:27  0.9 10.28  16
Eta Lup        16:01:57.6 -38:28:22  2.8  5.13  17
PPM 294436     15:57:58.7 -31:51:52  6.5  1.65  12
PPM 294358     15:53:59.9 -34:12:11  7.8  0.86  13
PPM 294420     15:57:14.8 -33:28:49  9.1  0.21  13
545293         15:56:13.6 -33:28:31 15.7        13
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, (2027/08/09 18:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 10.28  16
Eta Lup        16:00:07.3 -38:23:48  2.8  5.13  17
PPM 294436     15:56:14.1 -31:47:09  6.5  1.65  12
PPM 294358     15:52:13.8 -34:07:21  7.8  0.86  13
PPM 294420     15:55:29.0 -33:24:05  9.1  0.21  13
545293         15:54:27.8 -33:23:45 15.7        12
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/07/06 03:12:27 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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