RECON: TNO occultation with 560414

Event between (560414) 15FQ345 and star GA0840:04633387 with event index number of 2348221

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/05/21 22:18:01 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:25:42.8 -05:38:12
Equinox of date position of star is 15:26:57.9 -05:43:05
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 118 degrees from the moon. Moon is 34% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.0

Object is 32.5 AU from the Sun and 31.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 127 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1307 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=244.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.0 sec chord
Diameter=99.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 560414, (2025/05/21 22:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:58.1 -26:29:10  0.9 25.76  99
27Bet Lib      15:18:22.6 -09:28:30  2.6  4.32 120
PPM 198488     15:22:28.3 -05:54:54  5.4  1.16 119
PPM 198573     15:26:27.7 -06:00:26  7.5  0.32 118
PPM 198575     15:26:45.0 -05:49:40  8.8  0.13 118
560414         15:27:03.6 -05:43:28 16.0       118
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 560414, (2025/05/21 22:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 25.76  99
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  4.32 120
PPM 198488     15:21:07.5 -05:49:30  5.4  1.16 119
PPM 198573     15:25:06.9 -05:55:09  7.5  0.32 118
PPM 198575     15:25:24.2 -05:44:23  8.8  0.13 118
560414         15:25:42.8 -05:38:12 16.0       118
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/08/07 02:53:55 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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