RECON: TNO occultation with 545361

Event between (545361) 11GZ61 and star GA0660:06183617 with event index number of 2398800

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/05/30 00:41:41 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:39:54.2 -23:30:22
Equinox of date position of star is 14:41:18.0 -23:36:35
Stellar brightness G=15.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 130 degrees from the moon. Moon is 36% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.7

Object is 39.0 AU from the Sun and 38.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 154 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1715 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=401.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.6 sec chord
Diameter=164.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 545361, (2027/05/30 00:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:38.5 -11:18:12  1.0 21.64 151
5The Cen       14:08:18.6 -36:30:10  2.1 14.73 130
PPM 263377     14:47:41.6 -23:16:02  5.9  1.47 129
PPM 263206     14:40:30.6 -23:25:43  8.0  0.30 130
545361         14:41:28.7 -23:37:22 15.0       130
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 545361, (2027/05/30 00:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 21.64 151
5The Cen       14:06:40.0 -36:22:23  2.1 14.73 130
PPM 263377     14:46:06.8 -23:09:12  5.9  1.47 129
PPM 263206     14:38:56.1 -23:18:42  8.0  0.30 130
545361         14:39:54.2 -23:30:22 15.0       130
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/18 03:48:34 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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