RECON: TNO occultation with 15788

Event between (15788) 93SB and star GA1140:01614248 with event index number of 1806582

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/12/30 15:52:15 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:54:30.7 +25:26:14
Equinox of date position of star is 05:55:56.0 +25:26:24
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 139 degrees from the moon. Moon is 7% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.3

Object is 27.0 AU from the Sun and 26.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 394 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1391 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.0
Diameter=154.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.6 sec chord
Diameter=63.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 15788, (2027/12/30 15:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:41.3 +07:24:36  0.4 18.03 137
Alnath         05:28:03.8 +28:37:43  1.6  7.04 132
139 Tau        05:59:43.9 +25:57:17  4.7  0.94 140
PPM 095102     05:57:56.7 +25:19:54  8.3  0.40 139
PPM 095054     05:55:47.2 +25:32:49  9.0  0.15 139
15788          05:56:14.6 +25:26:25 16.9       139
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 15788, (2027/12/30 15:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 18.03 137
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6  7.04 132
139 Tau        05:57:59.6 +25:57:14  4.7  0.94 140
PPM 095102     05:56:12.9 +25:19:47  8.3  0.40 139
PPM 095054     05:54:03.3 +25:32:36  9.0  0.15 139
15788          05:54:30.7 +25:26:14 16.9       139
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/12/26 04:15:52 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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