RECON: TNO occultation with 575713

Event between (575713) 11UT410 and star GA1140:00400220 with event index number of 2520606

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/07/20 05:31:22 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:10:18.3 +24:55:18
Equinox of date position of star is 03:11:43.5 +25:00:42
Stellar brightness G=14.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 6 degrees from the moon. Moon is 26% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.5

Object is 36.9 AU from the Sun and 37.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.5 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 91 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1482 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.7
Diameter=413.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 24.5 sec chord
Diameter=168.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 575713, (2025/07/20 05:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:23.4 +16:33:31  0.8 21.68  16
44Zet Per      03:55:44.7 +31:57:27  2.8 11.88   9
52 Ari         03:06:57.0 +25:21:11  6.1  1.15   7
PPM 092237     03:10:21.5 +25:27:51  8.2  0.55   6
PPM 092255     03:11:38.2 +24:45:33  9.8  0.26   6
PPM 092244     03:10:56.2 +25:05:33 10.1  0.21   6
575713         03:11:48.7 +25:01:02 14.8         5
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 575713, (2025/07/20 05:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 21.68  16
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8 11.88   9
52 Ari         03:05:26.7 +25:15:19  6.1  1.15   7
PPM 092237     03:08:51.0 +25:22:04  8.2  0.55   6
PPM 092255     03:10:08.0 +24:39:48  9.8  0.26   6
PPM 092244     03:09:25.9 +24:59:47 10.1  0.21   6
575713         03:10:18.3 +24:55:18 14.8         6
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/29 04:25:42 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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