RECON: TNO occultation with 534625

Event between (534625) 14UQ224 and star GA1140:00857097 with event index number of 1614148

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/12/31 22:32:41 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:53:08.6 +24:15:20
Equinox of date position of star is 04:54:25.2 +24:17:20
Stellar brightness G=11.8, use SENSEUP=8 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 125 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 47 degrees from the moon. Moon is 97% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.2

TNO is 46.6 AU from the Sun and 45.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 72 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1657 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.5
Diameter=478.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 20.8 sec chord
Diameter=195.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 534625, (2020/12/31 22:33UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:07.7 +16:32:59  0.8  8.73  53
Alnath         05:27:37.3 +28:37:23  1.6  8.60  39
98 Tau         04:59:26.7 +25:04:51  5.8  1.39  46
PPM 093877     04:55:54.2 +23:58:14  8.5  0.46  47
PPM 093822     04:52:31.6 +24:19:30  9.4  0.43  48
PPM 093834     04:53:24.6 +24:05:01 11.3  0.31  47
534625         04:54:25.3 +24:17:20 11.8        47
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 534625, (2020/12/31 22:33UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8  8.73  53
Alnath         05:26:17.5 +28:36:23  1.6  8.60  39
98 Tau         04:58:09.4 +25:03:00  5.8  1.39  46
PPM 093877     04:54:37.6 +23:56:16  8.5  0.46  47
PPM 093822     04:51:14.9 +24:17:27  9.4  0.43  48
PPM 093834     04:52:08.0 +24:02:59 11.3  0.31  47
534625         04:53:08.6 +24:15:20 11.8        47
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/12/23 00:23:19 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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