RECON: TNO occultation with 556004

Event between (556004) 14HA200 and star GA0800:04873825 with event index number of 2485393

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/06/03 12:13:56 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:45:38.8 -09:55:04
Equinox of date position of star is 15:46:58.9 -09:59:34
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 52 degrees from the moon. Moon is 91% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.2

Object is 44.7 AU from the Sun and 43.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.6 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 79 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1594 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.7
Diameter=673.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 29.4 sec chord
Diameter=274.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 12.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 556004, (2026/06/03 12:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:01.9 -26:29:18  0.9 19.49  37
27Bet Lib      15:18:26.0 -09:28:43  2.6  7.08  59
37 Lib         15:35:37.5 -10:09:11  4.6  2.83  55
PPM 198930     15:47:14.4 -09:47:10  8.4  0.22  52
PPM 230710     15:47:19.1 -10:09:03  9.5  0.16  52
556004         15:47:05.2 -09:59:55 16.3        52
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 556004, (2026/06/03 12:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 19.49  37
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  7.08  59
37 Lib         15:34:11.2 -10:03:57  4.6  2.83  55
PPM 198930     15:45:48.1 -09:42:19  8.4  0.22  52
PPM 230710     15:45:52.6 -10:04:12  9.5  0.16  52
556004         15:45:38.8 -09:55:04 16.3        52
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/19 21:25:30 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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