RECON: TNO occultation with 533563

Event between (533563) 14JW80 and star GA0640:07587643 with event index number of 1610957

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/05/05 19:58:01 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:11:02.0 -24:49:37
Equinox of date position of star is 16:12:12.7 -24:52:35
Stellar brightness G=15.1, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 43 degrees from the moon. Moon is 96% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5

TNO is 46.2 AU from the Sun and 45.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 116 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3350 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=416.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.4 sec chord
Diameter=170.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 533563, (2020/05/05 19:58UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:39.5 -26:28:32  0.9  4.44  48
7Del Sco       16:01:32.4 -22:40:41  2.3  3.30  40
PPM 265182     16:09:56.9 -23:44:17  5.9  1.26  42
PPM 265227     16:12:15.7 -25:10:10  8.1  0.29  43
PPM 265235     16:12:43.8 -24:48:27  9.0  0.13  43
533563         16:12:15.8 -24:52:42 15.1        43
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 533563, (2020/05/05 19:58UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  4.44  48
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:18  2.3  3.30  40
PPM 265182     16:08:43.7 -23:41:08  5.9  1.26  42
PPM 265227     16:11:01.8 -25:07:04  8.1  0.29  43
PPM 265235     16:11:30.1 -24:45:22  9.0  0.13  43
533563         16:11:02.0 -24:49:37 15.1        43
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/07/02 02:38:32 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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