RECON: TNO occultation with 555756

Event between (555756) 14DH143 and star GA0840:04310428 with event index number of 2471959

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/06/28 09:18:40 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:39:14.1 -05:24:50
Equinox of date position of star is 13:40:30.1 -05:32:12
Stellar brightness G=15.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 170 degrees from the moon. Moon is 38% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.7

Object is 37.7 AU from the Sun and 37.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 5.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 665 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2273 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=259.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 49.1 sec chord
Diameter=105.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 20.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 4:3E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 555756, (2027/06/28 09:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:38.7 -11:18:14  1.0  6.72 176
80 Vir         13:36:57.3 -05:32:08  5.7  0.92 170
PPM 196750     13:41:51.2 -05:23:00  8.4  0.34 169
PPM 196733     13:40:49.3 -05:25:30  9.5  0.13 169
555756         13:40:40.1 -05:33:10 15.8       169
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 555756, (2027/06/28 09:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0  6.72 176
80 Vir         13:35:31.3 -05:23:44  5.7  0.92 170
PPM 196750     13:40:25.2 -05:14:42  8.4  0.34 169
PPM 196733     13:39:23.3 -05:17:11  9.5  0.13 169
555756         13:39:14.1 -05:24:50 15.8       170
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/18 03:48:57 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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