RECON: TNO occultation with 535020

Event between (535020) 14WG509 and star GA0940:00542928 with event index number of 2261870

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/03/24 08:45:37 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:57:14.9 +04:54:34
Equinox of date position of star is 04:58:31.2 +04:56:43
Stellar brightness G=15.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 101 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.4

Object is 44.3 AU from the Sun and 44.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 139 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2300 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=403.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 24.0 sec chord
Diameter=164.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 535020, (2024/03/24 08:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:18.8 +16:33:22  0.8 12.72 105
Bellatrix      05:26:25.9 +06:22:11  1.6  7.08  94
PPM 148183     04:57:15.7 +05:26:08  6.3  0.58 101
PPM 148182     04:57:13.1 +04:42:22  7.3  0.41 101
PPM 148199     04:57:37.7 +04:40:25  9.8  0.35 101
PPM 148233     04:58:52.6 +04:56:06 10.1  0.09 101
535020         04:58:32.1 +04:56:44 15.3       100
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 535020, (2024/03/24 08:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 12.72 105
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6  7.08  94
PPM 148183     04:55:58.3 +05:23:56  6.3  0.58 101
PPM 148182     04:55:56.1 +04:40:10  7.3  0.41 101
PPM 148199     04:56:20.6 +04:38:13  9.8  0.35 101
PPM 148233     04:57:35.4 +04:53:56 10.1  0.09 101
535020         04:57:14.9 +04:54:34 15.3       101
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/15 05:25:26 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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