RECON: TNO occultation with 534626

Event between (534626) 14UT224 and star GA1120:00852865 with event index number of 2162598

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/09/28 13:04:07 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:55:30.6 +22:02:48
Equinox of date position of star is 04:56:48.5 +22:04:47
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 15 degrees from the moon. Moon is 55% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.4

TNO is 35.8 AU from the Sun and 35.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 5.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 604 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1434 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=280.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 53.9 sec chord
Diameter=114.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 22.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 2:1E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 534626, (2021/09/28 13:04UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:10.2 +16:33:05  0.8  7.21  21
Alnath         05:27:40.1 +28:37:25  1.6  9.56   8
102Iot Tau     05:04:23.9 +21:37:09  4.6  1.82  13
PPM 093881     04:56:07.6 +22:10:48  8.5  0.19  15
PPM 093895     04:56:57.7 +22:13:14  9.2  0.14  15
534626         04:56:48.8 +22:04:48 16.3        15
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 534626, (2021/09/28 13:04UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8  7.21  21
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6  9.56   8
102Iot Tau     05:03:05.8 +21:35:23  4.6  1.82  13
PPM 093881     04:54:49.3 +22:08:47  8.5  0.19  15
PPM 093895     04:55:39.4 +22:11:15  9.2  0.14  15
534626         04:55:30.6 +22:02:48 16.3        15
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/08/29 01:39:49 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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