RECON: TNO occultation with 592147

Event between (592147) 14OA394 and star GA0860:16969934 with event index number of 2704709

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/09/26 19:31:40 UTC

J2000 position of star is 23:28:59.3 -03:41:08
Equinox of date position of star is 23:30:07.6 -03:33:49
Stellar brightness G=15.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 63 degrees from the moon. Moon is 63% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.7

TNO is 39.1 AU from the Sun and 38.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.8 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 349 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5078 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=258.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.8 sec chord
Diameter=105.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 592147, (2028/09/26 19:32UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:13.8 -29:28:08  1.2 26.98  49
Markab         23:06:11.7 +15:21:38  2.5 19.82  66
PPM 207611     23:31:01.1 -04:22:32  6.3  0.86  62
PPM 207648     23:33:00.5 -03:55:47  6.7  0.75  63
PPM 207609     23:30:50.7 -03:26:12  9.1  0.13  63
592147         23:30:28.0 -03:31:37 15.7        63
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 592147, (2028/09/26 19:32UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 26.98  49
Markab         23:04:45.8 +15:12:18  2.5 19.82  66
PPM 207611     23:29:32.4 -04:32:03  6.3  0.86  62
PPM 207648     23:31:31.8 -04:05:19  6.7  0.75  63
PPM 207609     23:29:22.0 -03:35:43  9.1  0.13  63
592147         23:28:59.3 -03:41:08 15.7        63
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/02/19 01:01:47 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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