RECON: TNO occultation with 129746

Event between (129746) 99CE119 and star GA0700:06078456 with event index number of 2143190

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/07/07 22:41:04 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:58:30.3 -19:02:48
Equinox of date position of star is 15:59:54.4 -19:06:52
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 136 degrees from the moon. Moon is 49% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.3

Object is 30.0 AU from the Sun and 29.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 199 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1331 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.4
Diameter=128.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.5 sec chord
Diameter=52.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 129746, (2026/07/07 22:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:02.3 -26:29:18  0.9 10.26 128
8Bet1Sco       16:06:59.0 -19:52:33  2.6  1.80 134
47 Lib         15:56:32.6 -19:27:33  5.9  0.89 137
PPM 230949     15:57:09.3 -18:52:01  8.2  0.73 136
PPM 231041     16:00:39.5 -18:58:55  9.9  0.20 136
129746         16:00:02.4 -19:07:15 16.0       135
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, (2026/07/07 22:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 10.26 128
8Bet1Sco       16:05:26.2 -19:48:20  2.6  1.80 134
47 Lib         15:55:00.4 -19:22:59  5.9  0.89 137
PPM 230949     15:55:37.4 -18:47:28  8.2  0.73 136
PPM 231041     15:59:07.5 -18:54:29  9.9  0.20 136
129746         15:58:30.3 -19:02:48 16.0       136
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/21 22:31:21 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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