RECON: TNO occultation with 555916

Event between (555916) 14GB54 and star GA0840:05028768 with event index number of 2485087

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/01/30 17:55:30 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:31:51.7 -04:11:07
Equinox of date position of star is 16:33:08.6 -04:14:08
Stellar brightness G=15.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 81 degrees from the moon. Moon is 2% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.5

Object is 28.3 AU from the Sun and 28.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 83 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1206 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.8
Diameter=163.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.6 sec chord
Diameter=66.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E+6:4II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 555916, (2025/01/30 17:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:57.0 -26:29:08  0.9 22.25  77
1Del Oph       16:15:39.8 -03:45:25  2.7  4.40  86
12 Oph         16:37:40.5 -02:22:33  5.8  2.17  81
PPM 199772     16:34:42.8 -04:18:49  7.8  0.39  81
PPM 199748     16:33:39.2 -04:14:28  9.4  0.12  81
555916         16:33:11.1 -04:14:14 15.7        81
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 555916, (2025/01/30 17:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 22.25  77
1Del Oph       16:14:20.7 -03:41:43  2.7  4.40  86
12 Oph         16:36:22.1 -02:19:35  5.8  2.17  81
PPM 199772     16:33:23.3 -04:15:44  7.8  0.39  81
PPM 199748     16:32:19.8 -04:11:22  9.4  0.12  81
555916         16:31:51.7 -04:11:07 15.7        81
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/18 03:38:37 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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