RECON: TNO occultation with 554982

Event between (554982) 13JV65 and star GA0640:07868780 with event index number of 2462946

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/05/05 04:12:21 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:28:03.3 -24:53:25
Equinox of date position of star is 16:29:24.0 -24:56:16
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 73 degrees from the moon. Moon is 83% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5

TNO is 41.3 AU from the Sun and 40.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 22.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 597 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3730 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.3
Diameter=323.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.7 sec chord
Diameter=132.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 554982, (2028/05/05 04:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:09.0 -26:29:32  0.9  1.57  73
23Tau Sco      16:37:39.1 -28:16:20  2.8  3.76  75
22 Sco         16:31:56.1 -25:10:30  4.5  0.54  73
PPM 265560     16:30:08.4 -24:48:42  7.7  0.16  73
554982         16:29:46.7 -24:57:04 16.0        73
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 554982, (2028/05/05 04:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  1.57  73
23Tau Sco      16:35:52.9 -28:12:58  2.8  3.76  75
22 Sco         16:30:12.5 -25:06:55  4.5  0.54  73
PPM 265560     16:28:25.1 -24:45:03  7.7  0.16  73
554982         16:28:03.3 -24:53:25 16.0        73
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/02/10 01:03:47 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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