RECON: TNO occultation with 583751

Event between (583751) 16NZ90 and star GA0740:28800661 with event index number of 2525130

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/09/03 13:46:26 UTC

J2000 position of star is 20:31:52.9 -14:23:52
Equinox of date position of star is 20:33:06.7 -14:19:18
Stellar brightness G=14.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 107 degrees from the moon. Moon is 11% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5

TNO is 34.8 AU from the Sun and 34.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 395 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5372 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.0
Diameter=244.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.8 sec chord
Diameter=99.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 2:1E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 583751, (2027/09/03 13:46UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:10.3 -29:28:29  1.2 36.85 128
Nunki          18:56:58.7 -26:15:35  2.0 25.51  83
PPM 237537     20:32:37.2 -14:57:42  6.2  0.69 107
PPM 237544     20:32:51.3 -14:41:33  9.2  0.41 107
583751         20:33:25.4 -14:18:09 14.5       108
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 583751, (2027/09/03 13:46UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 36.85 128
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0 25.51  83
PPM 237537     20:31:04.3 -15:03:23  6.2  0.69 107
PPM 237544     20:31:18.6 -14:47:14  9.2  0.41 107
583751         20:31:52.9 -14:23:52 14.5       107
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/01/28 00:44:19 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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