RECON: TNO occultation with 552678

Event between (552678) 10JG210 and star GA0800:14858474 with event index number of 2223384

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/03/23 22:16:24 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:51:35.9 -08:04:29
Equinox of date position of star is 18:52:50.3 -08:02:46
Stellar brightness G=15.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 140 degrees from the moon. Moon is 29% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.3

TNO is 17.7 AU from the Sun and 17.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 179 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1637 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.5
Diameter=114.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.3 sec chord
Diameter=46.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 552678, (2026/03/23 22:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:01.2 -26:29:16  0.9 38.38 178
Nunki          18:56:53.4 -26:15:42  2.0 18.24 146
Eps Sct        18:44:56.9 -08:14:50  4.9  2.01 142
PPM 202192     18:51:45.4 -07:52:31  6.6  0.35 140
PPM 202204     18:52:11.9 -07:56:52  8.9  0.22 140
552678         18:53:01.4 -08:02:31 15.7       140
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 552678, (2026/03/23 22:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 38.38 178
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0 18.24 146
Eps Sct        18:43:31.3 -08:16:31  4.9  2.01 142
PPM 202192     18:50:20.1 -07:54:28  6.6  0.35 140
PPM 202204     18:50:46.4 -07:58:49  8.9  0.22 140
552678         18:51:35.9 -08:04:29 15.7       140
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/11/01 01:43:39 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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