RECON: TNO occultation with 552678

Event between (552678) 10JG210 and star GA0780:17967474 with event index number of 2224836

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/10/19 17:08:09 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:01:19.5 -11:33:18
Equinox of date position of star is 19:02:35.9 -11:31:15
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 148 degrees from the moon. Moon is 81% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.2

TNO is 17.4 AU from the Sun and 17.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 183 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1891 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.5
Diameter=114.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.2 sec chord
Diameter=46.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 552678, (2027/10/19 17:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:07.0 -26:29:28  0.9 38.68 172
Nunki          18:56:59.2 -26:15:34  2.0 14.81 155
PPM 235666     19:14:48.7 -12:14:01  5.2  3.01 146
PPM 235426     19:04:45.5 -11:08:50  7.6  0.59 148
PPM 235383     19:03:25.2 -11:27:46  9.4  0.14 148
552678         19:02:52.3 -11:30:49 16.3       148
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, (2027/10/19 17:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 38.68 172
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0 14.81 155
PPM 235666     19:13:15.6 -12:16:58  5.2  3.01 146
PPM 235426     19:03:12.9 -11:11:23  7.6  0.59 148
PPM 235383     19:01:52.5 -11:30:17  9.4  0.14 148
552678         19:01:19.5 -11:33:18 16.3       148
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/11/23 03:45:03 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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