RECON: TNO occultation with 545361

Event between (545361) 11GZ61 and star GA0640:06612488 with event index number of 2398825

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/04/14 13:59:36 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:50:26.5 -24:09:02
Equinox of date position of star is 14:51:51.1 -24:15:00
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 44 degrees from the moon. Moon is 70% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.7

Object is 39.1 AU from the Sun and 38.2 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 196 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1991 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=401.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.5 sec chord
Diameter=164.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 545361, (2028/04/14 14:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:08.8 -26:29:32  0.9 22.45  22
5The Cen       14:08:21.7 -36:30:25  2.1 15.43  51
PPM 263433     14:50:57.3 -24:22:03  5.6  0.28  44
PPM 263453     14:51:57.2 -24:32:36  8.5  0.28  44
PPM 263443     14:51:34.2 -24:20:09  8.7  0.14  44
545361         14:52:05.0 -24:15:58 16.9        44
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, (2028/04/14 14:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 22.45  22
5The Cen       14:06:40.0 -36:22:23  2.1 15.43  51
PPM 263433     14:49:18.7 -24:15:05  5.6  0.28  44
PPM 263453     14:50:18.5 -24:25:40  8.5  0.28  44
PPM 263443     14:49:55.6 -24:13:12  8.7  0.14  44
545361         14:50:26.5 -24:09:02 16.9        44
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/19 00:43:47 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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