RECON: TNO occultation with 556004

Event between (556004) 14HA200 and star GA0780:05233686 with event index number of 2747490

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/04/18 17:11:16 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:04:47.9 -10:41:06
Equinox of date position of star is 16:06:08.6 -10:45:01
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 156 degrees from the moon. Moon is 20% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.2

Object is 43.9 AU from the Sun and 43.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 118 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1647 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.7
Diameter=673.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 34.5 sec chord
Diameter=274.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 14.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 556004, (2029/04/18 17:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:12.5 -26:29:40  0.9 16.78 167
1Del Oph       16:15:53.1 -03:46:02  2.7  7.38 153
15Psi Sco      16:13:36.3 -10:08:16  4.9  1.88 157
PPM 199248     16:05:45.9 -09:59:54  7.8  0.78 156
PPM 231182     16:07:22.8 -10:52:44  9.4  0.27 157
556004         16:06:24.5 -10:45:47 16.2       157
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, (2029/04/18 17:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 16.78 167
1Del Oph       16:14:20.7 -03:41:43  2.7  7.38 153
15Psi Sco      16:12:00.0 -10:03:52  4.9  1.88 157
PPM 199248     16:04:09.8 -09:55:11  7.8  0.78 156
PPM 231182     16:05:46.1 -10:48:05  9.4  0.27 157
556004         16:04:47.9 -10:41:06 16.2       156
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/26 21:34:41 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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