RECON: TNO occultation with 42355

Event between (42355) Typhon and star GA0660:07188166 with event index number of 2413012

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/04/08 22:53:00 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:15:12.2 -23:40:21
Equinox of date position of star is 16:16:40.4 -23:43:56
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 53 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

Object is 27.9 AU from the Sun and 27.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 14.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 97 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1007 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.6
Diameter=181.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.4 sec chord
Diameter=74.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 42355, (2028/04/08 22:53UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:08.7 -26:29:32  0.9  4.24  57
7Del Sco       16:02:00.6 -22:41:59  2.3  3.58  50
19Omi Sco      16:22:20.6 -24:14:07  4.0  1.34  54
PPM 265282     16:15:30.4 -24:19:32  8.5  0.67  53
PPM 265311     16:16:51.2 -23:49:43  9.7  0.09  53
42355          16:16:54.1 -23:44:29 16.6        54
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, (2028/04/08 22:53UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  4.24  57
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3  3.58  50
19Omi Sco      16:20:38.2 -24:10:10  4.0  1.34  54
PPM 265282     16:13:48.2 -24:15:20  8.5  0.67  53
PPM 265311     16:15:09.3 -23:45:35  9.7  0.09  53
42355          16:15:12.2 -23:40:21 16.6        53
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/23 21:29:54 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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