RECON: TNO occultation with 531683

Event between (531683) 12UC178 and star GA1080:00576893 with event index number of 2445068

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/03/05 08:08:15 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:28:52.3 +19:25:58
Equinox of date position of star is 04:30:17.2 +19:29:04
Stellar brightness G=13.8, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 151 degrees from the moon. Moon is 32% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.0

Object is 40.1 AU from the Sun and 40.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 7.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 359 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2114 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=263.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 33.6 sec chord
Diameter=107.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 13.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:3EE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 531683, (2024/03/05 08:08UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:18.6 +16:33:22  0.8  3.37 152
44Zet Per      03:55:39.5 +31:57:12  2.8 14.69 147
74Eps Tau      04:30:01.9 +19:13:55  3.5  0.26 151
PPM 119963     04:31:43.3 +19:53:29  7.5  0.53 152
74Eps Tau      04:30:01.9 +19:13:55  3.5  0.26 151
531683         04:30:17.2 +19:29:04 13.8       152
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 531683, (2024/03/05 08:08UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8  3.37 152
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8 14.69 147
74Eps Tau      04:28:37.2 +19:10:49  3.5  0.26 151
PPM 119963     04:30:18.1 +19:50:25  7.5  0.53 152
74Eps Tau      04:28:37.2 +19:10:49  3.5  0.26 151
531683         04:28:52.3 +19:25:58 13.8       151
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/02 05:30:38 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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