RECON: TNO occultation with 129746

Event between (129746) 99CE119 and star GA0700:06064480 with event index number of 2143128

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/04/03 13:15:58 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:57:15.0 -19:01:00
Equinox of date position of star is 15:58:39.1 -19:05:06
Stellar brightness G=15.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 156 degrees from the moon. Moon is 33% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.2

Object is 29.8 AU from the Sun and 29.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 217 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1454 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.4
Diameter=128.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.3 sec chord
Diameter=52.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 129746, (2025/04/03 13:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:57.6 -26:29:09  0.9 10.48 165
8Bet1Sco       16:06:54.6 -19:52:21  2.6  2.09 158
47 Lib         15:56:28.2 -19:27:20  5.9  0.64 155
PPM 230949     15:57:05.0 -18:51:48  8.2  0.45 155
PPM 230981     15:58:15.5 -18:58:01  9.5  0.16 156
129746         15:58:42.7 -19:05:17 15.5       156
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 129746, (2025/04/03 13:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 10.48 165
8Bet1Sco       16:05:26.2 -19:48:20  2.6  2.09 158
47 Lib         15:55:00.4 -19:22:59  5.9  0.64 155
PPM 230949     15:55:37.4 -18:47:28  8.2  0.45 155
PPM 230981     15:56:47.8 -18:53:43  9.5  0.16 156
129746         15:57:15.0 -19:01:00 15.5       156
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/21 22:29:58 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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