RECON: TNO occultation with 182222

Event between (182222) 00YU1 and star GA1080:01173037 with event index number of 2353304

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/03/24 16:41:29 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:37:03.8 +18:09:38
Equinox of date position of star is 05:38:24.8 +18:10:23
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 143 degrees from the moon. Moon is 28% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.7

Object is 42.3 AU from the Sun and 42.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 9.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 911 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2161 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=229.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 22.8 sec chord
Diameter=93.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 182222, (2025/03/24 16:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:32.3 +07:24:35  0.4 11.62 142
Alnath         05:27:53.3 +28:37:35  1.6 10.73 142
120 Tau        05:35:00.4 +18:33:22  5.4  0.92 142
PPM 121237     05:41:31.7 +17:41:18  8.4  0.86 143
PPM 121130     05:36:23.0 +18:08:14  9.1  0.51 142
182222         05:38:32.4 +18:10:27 15.9       143
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 182222, (2025/03/24 16:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 11.62 142
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6 10.73 142
120 Tau        05:33:31.6 +18:32:25  5.4  0.92 142
PPM 121237     05:40:03.4 +17:40:36  8.4  0.86 143
PPM 121130     05:34:54.5 +18:07:21  9.1  0.51 142
182222         05:37:03.8 +18:09:38 15.9       143
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/19 03:27:07 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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