RECON: TNO occultation with 531917

Event between (531917) 13BN82 and star GA0980:03525869 with event index number of 2445281

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/06/01 07:32:18 UTC

J2000 position of star is 09:31:05.3 +09:23:25
Equinox of date position of star is 09:32:22.6 +09:17:00
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 139 degrees from the moon. Moon is 32% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.4

Object is 35.4 AU from the Sun and 35.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 154 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1441 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=267.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.2 sec chord
Diameter=109.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 7:4EEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 531917, (2024/06/01 07:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:40.2 +11:50:49  1.3  9.51 147
2Ome Leo       09:29:45.7 +08:56:57  6.0  0.73 139
PPM 155958     09:34:34.4 +09:03:33  8.0  0.58 140
PPM 155928     09:33:11.7 +09:04:47  9.1  0.28 139
531917         09:32:23.6 +09:16:54 16.5       140
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 531917, (2024/06/01 07:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3  9.51 147
2Ome Leo       09:28:27.5 +09:03:24  6.0  0.73 139
PPM 155958     09:33:16.2 +09:10:06  8.0  0.58 140
PPM 155928     09:31:53.5 +09:11:19  9.1  0.28 139
531917         09:31:05.3 +09:23:25 16.5       139
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/29 04:20:53 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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