RECON: TNO occultation with 578559

Event between (578559) 14DC143 and star GA0740:06989228 with event index number of 2550086

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/08/13 20:37:22 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:10:13.1 -14:33:52
Equinox of date position of star is 17:11:28.6 -14:35:26
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 155 degrees from the moon. Moon is 46% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.3

TNO is 19.1 AU from the Sun and 18.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 8.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 394 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3948 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.3
Diameter=52.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.9 sec chord
Diameter=21.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 578559, (2028/08/13 20:37UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:10.0 -26:29:34  0.9 15.22 166
35Eta Oph      17:12:01.3 -15:45:30  2.6  1.16 155
PPM 232829     17:16:58.1 -14:36:52  5.9  1.24 154
PPM 232740     17:13:36.4 -14:39:12  7.6  0.43 154
PPM 232668     17:10:44.9 -14:18:33  9.4  0.39 155
578559         17:11:50.8 -14:35:53 15.9       154
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 578559, (2028/08/13 20:37UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 15.22 166
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  1.16 155
PPM 232829     17:15:20.3 -14:35:03  5.9  1.24 154
PPM 232740     17:11:58.6 -14:37:14  7.6  0.43 154
PPM 232668     17:09:07.4 -14:16:29  9.4  0.39 155
578559         17:10:13.1 -14:33:52 15.9       155
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/02/16 01:09:33 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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