RECON: TNO occultation with 578835

Event between (578835) 14GL54 and star GA0840:05375541 with event index number of 2553155

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/06/02 02:43:36 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:58:54.2 -05:35:19
Equinox of date position of star is 17:00:12.5 -05:37:27
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 103 degrees from the moon. Moon is 40% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9

Object is 37.1 AU from the Sun and 36.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.3 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 65 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1425 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=338.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.2 sec chord
Diameter=138.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 578835, (2025/06/02 02:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:58.2 -26:29:10  0.9 22.00 100
13Zet Oph      16:38:33.7 -10:37:00  2.6  7.33  99
23 Oph         16:55:57.3 -06:11:37  5.3  1.21 102
PPM 200176     16:57:10.9 -06:09:45  7.6  0.93 102
PPM 200238     17:00:52.1 -05:51:47  9.1  0.28 103
578835         17:00:15.6 -05:37:32 16.8       103
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 578835, (2025/06/02 02:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 22.00 100
13Zet Oph      16:37:09.6 -10:34:01  2.6  7.33  99
23 Oph         16:54:35.6 -06:09:15  5.3  1.21 102
PPM 200176     16:55:49.2 -06:07:25  7.6  0.93 102
PPM 200238     16:59:30.6 -05:49:35  9.1  0.28 103
578835         16:58:54.2 -05:35:19 16.8       103
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/13 03:51:42 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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