RECON: TNO occultation with 560414

Event between (560414) 15FQ345 and star GA0820:04770175 with event index number of 2348252

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/09/14 15:04:46 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:32:44.5 -06:34:46
Equinox of date position of star is 15:34:00.0 -06:39:28
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 25 degrees from the moon. Moon is 13% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

Object is 32.2 AU from the Sun and 32.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 142 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2257 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=244.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.3 sec chord
Diameter=99.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 560414, (2026/09/14 15:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:03.0 -26:29:20  0.9 24.00  35
27Bet Lib      15:18:26.9 -09:28:47  2.6  4.80  20
PPM 198725     15:35:53.2 -09:16:17  5.6  2.64  24
PPM 198655     15:31:30.4 -06:56:06  7.4  0.71  24
PPM 198697     15:34:41.5 -06:45:58  9.6  0.16  25
560414         15:34:09.9 -06:40:05 16.9        25
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, (2026/09/14 15:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 24.00  35
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  4.80  20
PPM 198725     15:34:26.4 -09:11:01  5.6  2.64  24
PPM 198655     15:30:04.9 -06:50:42  7.4  0.71  24
PPM 198697     15:33:16.0 -06:40:40  9.6  0.16  25
560414         15:32:44.5 -06:34:46 16.9        25
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/08/14 02:39:24 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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