RECON: TNO occultation with 560414

Event between (560414) 15FQ345 and star GA0820:04906487 with event index number of 2348302

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/05/01 00:40:49 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:57:15.3 -07:21:52
Equinox of date position of star is 15:58:31.6 -07:25:53
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 121 degrees from the moon. Moon is 38% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.0

Object is 32.0 AU from the Sun and 31.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 277 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2549 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=244.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.5 sec chord
Diameter=99.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 560414, (2028/05/01 00:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:09.0 -26:29:32  0.9 20.54 132
1Del Oph       16:15:50.0 -03:45:54  2.7  5.62 123
50 Lib         16:02:19.6 -08:29:22  5.5  1.37 122
PPM 199115     15:58:38.5 -06:54:30  8.2  0.54 120
PPM 199129     15:59:06.5 -07:20:03  9.5  0.14 121
560414         15:58:46.7 -07:26:40 16.8       121
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, (2028/05/01 00:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 20.54 132
1Del Oph       16:14:20.7 -03:41:43  2.7  5.62 123
50 Lib         16:00:47.6 -08:24:41  5.5  1.37 122
PPM 199115     15:57:07.4 -06:49:42  8.2  0.54 120
PPM 199129     15:57:35.1 -07:15:16  9.5  0.14 121
560414         15:57:15.3 -07:21:52 16.8       121
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/08/24 02:44:15 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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