RECON: TNO occultation with 472235

Event between (472235) Zhulong and star GA0700:05921285 with event index number of 2754441

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/05/09 22:50:17 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:18:33.9 -19:08:32
Equinox of date position of star is 15:19:57.9 -19:13:49
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 138 degrees from the moon. Moon is 12% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.6

Object is 32.7 AU from the Sun and 31.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 125 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1763 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=295.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.9 sec chord
Diameter=120.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:2EEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 472235, (2029/05/09 22:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:12.7 -26:29:40  0.9 17.86 120
27Bet Lib      15:18:35.5 -09:29:21  2.6  9.77 138
28 Lib         15:22:33.9 -18:15:47  6.4  1.13 137
PPM 230066     15:21:07.4 -19:16:27  8.4  0.21 137
PPM 230041     15:20:01.2 -19:09:20 10.0  0.11 137
472235         15:20:14.6 -19:14:51 16.8       137
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 472235, (2029/05/09 22:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 17.86 120
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  9.77 138
28 Lib         15:20:53.7 -18:09:32  6.4  1.13 137
PPM 230066     15:19:26.7 -19:10:09  8.4  0.21 137
PPM 230041     15:18:20.6 -19:03:00 10.0  0.11 137
472235         15:18:33.9 -19:08:32 16.8       137
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/26 21:35:13 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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