RECON: TNO occultation with 174567

Event between (174567) Varda and star GA0880:06255487 with event index number of 2166920

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/06/10 21:59:40 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:49:56.3 -01:34:50
Equinox of date position of star is 17:51:11.5 -01:35:10
Stellar brightness G=14.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 127 degrees from the moon. Moon is 20% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.1

Object is 45.9 AU from the Sun and 45.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 139 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1693 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=3.5
Diameter=1259.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 49.1 sec chord
Diameter=514.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 20.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 174567, (2024/06/10 22:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:54.6 -26:29:03  0.9 31.49 116
60Bet Oph      17:44:40.9 +04:33:32  2.8  6.36 123
PPM 180184     17:53:15.3 -01:14:28  6.3  0.62 128
PPM 180166     17:49:35.4 -01:48:54  8.3  0.46 127
PPM 180173     17:51:09.4 -01:37:30  9.7  0.04 127
174567         17:51:12.4 -01:35:10 14.9       128
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 174567, (2024/06/10 22:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 31.49 116
60Bet Oph      17:43:28.3 +04:34:06  2.8  6.36 123
PPM 180184     17:51:59.5 -01:14:12  6.3  0.62 128
PPM 180166     17:48:19.2 -01:48:30  8.3  0.46 127
PPM 180173     17:49:53.3 -01:37:10  9.7  0.04 127
174567         17:49:56.3 -01:34:50 14.9       127
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/28 22:12:26 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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