RECON: TNO occultation with 499522

Event between (499522) 10PL66 and star GA1100:00169202 with event index number of 2653818

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/01/22 10:55:53 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:29:24.0 +20:11:35
Equinox of date position of star is 01:30:42.9 +20:19:02
Stellar brightness G=17.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 93 degrees from the moon. Moon is 100% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.2

Object is 16.1 AU from the Sun and 16.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 9.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 114 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1054 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.8
Diameter=162.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.0 sec chord
Diameter=66.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 499522, (2027/01/22 10:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:28.6 +16:33:42  0.8 44.27  52
6Bet Ari       01:56:08.4 +20:56:21  2.6  5.94  87
94 Psc         01:28:09.7 +19:22:47  5.5  1.15  94
PPM 090783     01:27:51.8 +20:12:37  7.1  0.72  94
PPM 090823     01:30:41.1 +20:12:32  9.9  0.13  93
499522         01:30:52.3 +20:19:56 17.0        92
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 499522, (2027/01/22 10:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 44.27  52
6Bet Ari       01:54:38.6 +20:48:26  2.6  5.94  87
94 Psc         01:26:41.8 +19:14:24  5.5  1.15  94
PPM 090783     01:26:23.7 +20:04:14  7.1  0.72  94
PPM 090823     01:29:12.8 +20:04:11  9.9  0.13  93
499522         01:29:24.0 +20:11:35 17.0        93
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/05 04:56:59 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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