RECON: TNO occultation with 552678

Event between (552678) 10JG210 and star GA0780:20489856 with event index number of 2225143

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/05/25 03:26:41 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:38:35.6 -11:19:55
Equinox of date position of star is 19:39:51.6 -11:16:42
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 138 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.1

TNO is 17.3 AU from the Sun and 16.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 10.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 436 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2050 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.5
Diameter=114.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.0 sec chord
Diameter=46.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 552678, (2028/05/25 03:17UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:09.2 -26:29:33  0.9 46.93 175
Nunki          18:57:01.4 -26:15:31  2.0 18.12 152
37 Aql         19:36:41.0 -10:29:46  4.7  1.15 138
PPM 236241     19:38:18.8 -10:22:46  8.3  1.00 138
PPM 236298     19:41:01.1 -11:27:26  9.6  0.28 138
552678         19:40:09.8 -11:15:55 16.5       137
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, (2028/05/25 03:17UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 46.93 175
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0 18.12 152
37 Aql         19:35:07.3 -10:33:37  4.7  1.15 138
PPM 236241     19:36:45.1 -10:26:41  8.3  1.00 138
PPM 236298     19:39:26.8 -11:31:27  9.6  0.28 138
552678         19:38:35.6 -11:19:55 16.5       138
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/11/30 02:45:37 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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