RECON: TNO occultation with 533207

Event between (533207) 14DJ143 and star GA0720:06139693 with event index number of 2592687

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/02/04 09:59:09 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:25:10.7 -17:46:26
Equinox of date position of star is 16:26:26.4 -17:49:21
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 9 degrees from the moon. Moon is 36% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5

TNO is 37.4 AU from the Sun and 37.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 258 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1841 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=289.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.2 sec chord
Diameter=118.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 533207, (2024/02/04 09:59UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:53.3 -26:29:00  0.9  8.71   8
8Bet1Sco       16:06:50.5 -19:52:10  2.6  5.09   5
7Chi Oph       16:28:25.4 -18:30:32  4.1  0.81   9
PPM 231704     16:28:25.3 -17:49:17  7.7  0.44  10
PPM 231677     16:26:51.8 -17:54:36  9.8  0.11   9
533207         16:26:34.3 -17:49:39 16.1         9
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 533207, (2024/02/04 09:59UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  8.71   8
8Bet1Sco       16:05:26.2 -19:48:20  2.6  5.09   5
7Chi Oph       16:27:01.4 -18:27:23  4.1  0.81   9
PPM 231704     16:27:01.7 -17:46:08  7.7  0.44  10
PPM 231677     16:25:28.2 -17:51:24  9.8  0.11   9
533207         16:25:10.7 -17:46:26 16.1         9
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/22 00:30:31 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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