RECON: TNO occultation with 555758

Event between (555758) 14DP143 and star GA0840:04862374 with event index number of 2472268

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/06/20 23:59:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:10:09.6 -04:03:06
Equinox of date position of star is 16:11:26.4 -04:06:49
Stellar brightness G=12.2, use SENSEUP=16 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 250 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 159 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.4

Object is 29.3 AU from the Sun and 28.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 310 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2073 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.7
Diameter=175.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.8 sec chord
Diameter=71.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 555758, (2028/06/20 23:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:09.5 -26:29:33  0.9 22.85 178
1Del Oph       16:15:50.5 -03:45:55  2.7  1.10 158
PPM 199363     16:11:20.1 -03:32:23  5.0  0.59 158
PPM 199387     16:12:44.1 -04:03:39  8.2  0.28 159
PPM 199354     16:10:58.2 -04:13:13  9.8  0.20 159
555758         16:11:39.6 -04:07:27 12.2       159
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 555758, (2028/06/20 23:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 22.85 178
1Del Oph       16:14:20.7 -03:41:43  2.7  1.10 158
PPM 199363     16:09:50.5 -03:28:00  5.0  0.59 158
PPM 199387     16:11:14.1 -03:59:20  8.2  0.28 159
PPM 199354     16:09:28.2 -04:08:50  9.8  0.20 159
555758         16:10:09.6 -04:03:06 12.2       159
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/19 00:46:05 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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