RECON: TNO occultation with 534314

Event between (534314) 14SJ349 and star GA1020:00410552 with event index number of 2244452

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/08/01 06:51:57 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:06:57.1 +12:52:19
Equinox of date position of star is 04:08:11.4 +12:55:49
Stellar brightness G=17.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 107 degrees from the moon. Moon is 12% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9

TNO is 35.3 AU from the Sun and 35.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 333 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2083 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=219.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.8 sec chord
Diameter=89.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:3EE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 534314, (2022/08/01 06:52UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:13.1 +16:33:10  0.8  7.89  99
Menkar         03:03:27.8 +04:10:37  2.5 18.23 125
PPM 119653     04:10:17.5 +13:27:24  5.9  0.73 106
PPM 119597     04:06:26.9 +13:21:25  8.3  0.60 107
PPM 119628     04:07:56.1 +13:12:59  9.9  0.29 107
534314         04:08:12.7 +12:55:53 17.0       107
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 534314, (2022/08/01 06:52UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8  7.89  99
Menkar         03:02:16.8 +04:05:21  2.5 18.23 125
PPM 119653     04:09:01.7 +13:23:54  5.9  0.73 106
PPM 119597     04:05:11.2 +13:17:49  8.3  0.60 107
PPM 119628     04:06:40.5 +13:09:26  9.9  0.29 107
534314         04:06:57.1 +12:52:19 17.0       107
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/16 00:56:12 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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