RECON: TNO occultation with 129746

Event between (129746) 99CE119 and star GA0700:06212664 with event index number of 2143250

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/09/27 00:35:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:09:22.5 -19:35:11
Equinox of date position of star is 16:10:47.3 -19:38:55
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 103 degrees from the moon. Moon is 13% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.4

Object is 30.2 AU from the Sun and 30.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 165 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1797 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.4
Diameter=128.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.1 sec chord
Diameter=52.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 129746, (2027/09/27 00:36UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:06.8 -26:29:28  0.9  8.25 108
8Bet1Sco       16:07:03.3 -19:52:45  2.6  0.95 102
PPM 231334     16:13:35.6 -19:31:11  6.2  0.63 103
PPM 231287     16:10:57.8 -19:31:43  8.4  0.13 103
PPM 231290     16:11:00.6 -19:46:01  9.6  0.11 103
129746         16:10:59.6 -19:39:28 16.0       103
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, (2027/09/27 00:36UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  8.25 108
8Bet1Sco       16:05:26.2 -19:48:20  2.6  0.95 102
PPM 231334     16:11:58.6 -19:27:01  6.2  0.63 103
PPM 231287     16:09:20.9 -19:27:26  8.4  0.13 103
PPM 231290     16:09:23.5 -19:41:45  9.6  0.11 103
129746         16:09:22.5 -19:35:11 16.0       103
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/21 22:32:42 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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