RECON: TNO occultation with 535027

Event between (535027) 14WY509 and star GA0900:03688872 with event index number of 2337735

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/03/14 12:34:08 UTC

J2000 position of star is 10:37:32.6 +00:05:01
Equinox of date position of star is 10:38:41.2 -00:01:57
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 95 degrees from the moon. Moon is 56% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.2

TNO is 43.1 AU from the Sun and 42.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 90 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2000 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.9
Diameter=400.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.3 sec chord
Diameter=163.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 535027, (2023/03/14 12:32UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:36.3 +11:51:11  1.3 13.92 107
30Bet Sex      10:31:28.6 -00:45:24  4.8  1.95  96
PPM 178248     10:41:12.6 -00:16:07  8.4  0.66  94
PPM 178235     10:38:30.9 -00:35:45  9.5  0.56  95
PPM 157023     10:39:11.4 +00:04:20 10.2  0.16  95
535027         10:38:44.0 -00:02:15 16.8        95
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 535027, (2023/03/14 12:32UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 13.92 107
30Bet Sex      10:30:17.4 -00:38:14  4.8  1.95  96
PPM 178248     10:40:01.3 -00:08:49  8.4  0.66  94
PPM 178235     10:37:19.7 -00:28:30  9.5  0.56  95
PPM 157023     10:38:00.0 +00:11:36 10.2  0.16  95
535027         10:37:32.6 +00:05:01 16.8        95
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/04/16 00:18:35 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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