RECON: TNO occultation with 556068

Event between (556068) 14JR80 and star GA0680:36087152 with event index number of 2492793

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/05/19 13:30:17 UTC

J2000 position of star is 20:32:00.3 -20:14:30
Equinox of date position of star is 20:33:22.8 -20:09:35
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 112 degrees from the moon. Moon is 85% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.2

Object is 40.5 AU from the Sun and 40.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 7.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 239 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1532 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.0
Diameter=578.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 83.0 sec chord
Diameter=236.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 33.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 556068, (2024/05/19 13:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:59.5 -29:29:33  1.2 34.17 136
38Zet Sgr      19:04:09.6 -29:50:35  2.7 22.37  90
10Pi Cap       20:28:42.8 -18:07:49  5.2  2.31 111
PPM 271311     20:35:18.8 -20:27:13  8.1  0.54 112
PPM 271279     20:34:00.7 -20:02:12  9.0  0.19 112
556068         20:33:24.7 -20:09:28 16.6       112
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 556068, (2024/05/19 13:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 34.17 136
38Zet Sgr      19:02:36.7 -29:52:49  2.7 22.37  90
10Pi Cap       20:27:19.2 -18:12:43  5.2  2.31 111
PPM 271311     20:33:54.3 -20:32:19  8.1  0.54 112
PPM 271279     20:32:36.4 -20:07:15  9.0  0.19 112
556068         20:32:00.3 -20:14:30 16.6       112
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/10/24 02:27:57 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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