RECON: TNO occultation with 160427

Event between (160427) 05RL43 and star GA1000:00797341 with event index number of 1967304

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/01/05 18:51:10 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:28:51.3 +10:42:56
Equinox of date position of star is 05:30:11.1 +10:44:00
Stellar brightness G=15.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 163 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9

Object is 24.8 AU from the Sun and 23.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 55 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 883 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.9
Diameter=155.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.0 sec chord
Diameter=63.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 160427, (2027/01/05 18:51UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:38.1 +07:24:35  0.4  7.29 159
Bellatrix      05:26:34.9 +06:22:19  1.6  4.46 159
PPM 121138     05:36:42.7 +10:15:20  5.7  1.64 163
PPM 121036     05:32:23.2 +10:10:53  7.1  0.75 163
PPM 121003     05:30:29.9 +10:30:56  9.0  0.22 163
PPM 121005     05:30:35.7 +10:40:38 11.1  0.08 163
160427         05:30:21.2 +10:44:08 15.3       163
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 160427, (2027/01/05 18:51UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  7.29 159
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6  4.46 159
PPM 121138     05:35:13.2 +10:14:24  5.7  1.64 163
PPM 121036     05:30:53.7 +10:09:46  7.1  0.75 163
PPM 121003     05:29:00.2 +10:29:45  9.0  0.22 163
PPM 121005     05:29:05.9 +10:39:27 11.1  0.08 163
160427         05:28:51.3 +10:42:56 15.3       163
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/23 04:23:59 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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