RECON: TNO occultation with 560552

Event between (560552) 15GO50 and star GA0660:05747278 with event index number of 2306815

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/04/26 17:17:51 UTC

J2000 position of star is 12:53:02.0 -23:45:00
Equinox of date position of star is 12:54:20.5 -23:52:57
Stellar brightness G=14.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 166 degrees from the moon. Moon is 2% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.3

Object is 39.3 AU from the Sun and 38.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 112 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2455 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.3
Diameter=317.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.6 sec chord
Diameter=129.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 560552, (2025/04/26 17:17UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:31.8 -11:17:34  1.0 14.73 177
9Bet Crv       12:35:43.3 -23:32:11  2.6  4.29 164
PPM 261041     12:58:54.5 -22:53:24  6.0  1.44 167
PPM 260944     12:55:03.2 -23:14:46  8.5  0.66 166
PPM 260929     12:54:11.3 -23:52:03  9.6  0.05 166
560552         12:54:23.3 -23:53:14 14.7       165
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 560552, (2025/04/26 17:17UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 14.73 177
9Bet Crv       12:34:23.2 -23:23:49  2.6  4.29 164
PPM 261041     12:57:33.0 -22:45:13  6.0  1.44 167
PPM 260944     12:53:41.9 -23:06:33  8.5  0.66 166
PPM 260929     12:52:50.0 -23:43:50  9.6  0.05 166
560552         12:53:02.0 -23:45:00 14.7       166
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/13 03:45:56 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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