RECON: TNO occultation with 555916

Event between (555916) 14GB54 and star GA0840:05037874 with event index number of 2485090

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/02/11 23:13:43 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:32:53.1 -04:04:27
Equinox of date position of star is 16:34:09.9 -04:07:26
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 109 degrees from the moon. Moon is 100% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.5

Object is 28.3 AU from the Sun and 28.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 99 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1394 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.8
Diameter=163.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.6 sec chord
Diameter=66.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E+6:4II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 555916, (2025/02/11 23:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:57.1 -26:29:08  0.9 22.37 114
1Del Oph       16:15:39.9 -03:45:25  2.7  4.64 104
12 Oph         16:37:40.6 -02:22:34  5.8  1.95 109
PPM 199772     16:34:42.9 -04:18:49  7.8  0.23 109
PPM 199748     16:33:39.3 -04:14:29  9.4  0.18 109
555916         16:34:12.5 -04:07:32 16.8       109
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, (2025/02/11 23:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 22.37 114
1Del Oph       16:14:20.7 -03:41:43  2.7  4.64 104
12 Oph         16:36:22.1 -02:19:35  5.8  1.95 109
PPM 199772     16:33:23.3 -04:15:44  7.8  0.23 109
PPM 199748     16:32:19.8 -04:11:22  9.4  0.18 109
555916         16:32:53.1 -04:04:27 16.8       109
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/18 03:38:44 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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