RECON: TNO occultation with 550564

Event between (550564) 12PU45 and star GA0780:22021005 with event index number of 2251311

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/09/16 18:45:58 UTC

J2000 position of star is 22:29:22.0 -10:00:06
Equinox of date position of star is 22:30:37.4 -09:52:45
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 28 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9

Object is 31.2 AU from the Sun and 30.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 132 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1633 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.0
Diameter=233.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.5 sec chord
Diameter=95.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 550564, (2027/09/16 18:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:10.4 -29:28:28  1.2 20.70  38
PPM 206598     22:39:49.2 -07:45:10  6.0  3.06  25
PPM 206410     22:30:32.6 -09:35:57  8.0  0.27  28
PPM 206409     22:30:31.3 -09:48:09  9.4  0.09  28
550564         22:30:49.7 -09:51:33 16.9        28
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 550564, (2027/09/16 18:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 20.70  38
PPM 206598     22:38:22.3 -07:53:51  6.0  3.06  25
PPM 206410     22:29:05.0 -09:44:30  8.0  0.27  28
PPM 206409     22:29:03.6 -09:56:42  9.4  0.09  28
550564         22:29:22.0 -10:00:06 16.9        28
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/10/26 02:12:54 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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