RECON: TNO occultation with 552033

Event between (552033) 13RO98 and star GA1020:19268021 with event index number of 2250862

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/09/15 15:24:44 UTC

J2000 position of star is 23:07:57.2 +12:51:21
Equinox of date position of star is 23:09:10.3 +12:59:16
Stellar brightness G=14.0, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 103 degrees from the moon. Moon is 37% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.0

Object is 37.7 AU from the Sun and 36.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 89 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1836 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=331.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.2 sec chord
Diameter=135.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 552033, (2025/09/15 15:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:42:18.5 +45:22:24  1.3 44.88 101
Markab         23:06:02.6 +15:20:39  2.5  2.47 102
52 Peg         23:00:29.0 +11:52:01  6.0  2.42 106
PPM 142206     23:09:05.5 +12:48:46  7.9  0.19 103
552033         23:09:14.5 +12:59:43 14.0       103
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 552033, (2025/09/15 15:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:41:25.9 +45:16:49  1.3 44.88 101
Markab         23:04:45.8 +15:12:18  2.5  2.47 102
52 Peg         22:59:11.8 +11:43:43  6.0  2.42 106
PPM 142206     23:07:48.1 +12:40:24  7.9  0.19 103
552033         23:07:57.2 +12:51:21 14.0       103
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/22 04:00:31 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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