RECON: TNO occultation with 535167

Event between (535167) 14XT40 and star GA1080:00499790 with event index number of 2260173

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/01/05 13:53:08 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:08:42.9 +18:13:45
Equinox of date position of star is 04:09:58.7 +18:17:08
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 100 degrees from the moon. Moon is 11% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5

TNO is 32.5 AU from the Sun and 31.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 112 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1273 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=208.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.2 sec chord
Diameter=85.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 535167, (2022/01/05 13:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:11.2 +16:33:06  0.8  6.72 105
44Zet Per      03:55:31.3 +31:56:50  2.8 14.05 100
43Ome1Tau      04:10:27.1 +19:39:56  5.5  1.38 100
PPM 119676     04:11:59.0 +18:28:45  7.1  0.51 100
PPM 119666     04:11:21.6 +18:09:29  9.3  0.35 100
535167         04:09:59.2 +18:17:10 16.2       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 535167, (2022/01/05 13:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8  6.72 105
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8 14.05 100
43Ome1Tau      04:09:10.1 +19:36:32  5.5  1.38 100
PPM 119676     04:10:42.6 +18:25:23  7.1  0.51 100
PPM 119666     04:10:05.4 +18:06:06  9.3  0.35 100
535167         04:08:42.9 +18:13:45 16.2       100
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/11/15 00:45:36 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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