RECON: TNO occultation with 42355

Event between (42355) Typhon and star GA0660:06794712 with event index number of 2412853

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/01/22 09:56:06 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:53:03.0 -22:29:23
Equinox of date position of star is 15:54:29.8 -22:33:39
Stellar brightness G=15.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 104 degrees from the moon. Moon is 13% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1

Object is 26.5 AU from the Sun and 26.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 61 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1005 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.6
Diameter=181.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.8 sec chord
Diameter=74.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 42355, (2026/01/22 09:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:00.6 -26:29:15  0.9  9.16  95
7Del Sco       16:01:52.7 -22:41:37  2.3  1.69 102
PPM 264830     15:55:29.3 -24:03:13  5.4  1.50 103
PPM 264845     15:56:14.3 -22:50:29  7.2  0.47 103
PPM 264779     15:52:57.8 -22:40:07  9.0  0.39 104
42355          15:54:35.4 -22:33:56 15.0       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 42355, (2026/01/22 09:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  9.16  95
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3  1.69 102
PPM 264830     15:53:55.9 -23:58:42  5.4  1.50 103
PPM 264845     15:54:41.6 -22:45:59  7.2  0.47 103
PPM 264779     15:51:25.3 -22:35:31  9.0  0.39 104
42355          15:53:03.0 -22:29:23 15.0       104
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/18 21:23:59 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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