Event between (55576) Amycus and star GA0700:34330595 with event index number of 2573175
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/07/20 17:22:30 UTC
J2000 position of star is 20:45:28.6 -19:56:36
Equinox of date position of star is 20:46:47.1 -19:51:33
Stellar brightness G=16.4,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 109 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 43% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.3
TNO is 25.0 AU from the Sun
and 24.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.5
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
4.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 117 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1722 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.4
Diameter=219.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.3 sec chord
Diameter=89.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 55576, (2026/07/20 17:21UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:59:06.6 -29:28:51 1.2 31.40 129 38Zet Sgr 19:04:17.9 -29:50:23 2.7 25.28 84 17 Cap 20:47:42.1 -21:24:57 5.9 1.58 108 PPM 237904 20:48:09.4 -19:20:22 8.0 0.57 109 PPM 271591 20:47:39.3 -20:01:46 9.7 0.24 109 55576 20:46:59.8 -19:50:43 16.4 109 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 55576, (2026/07/20 17:21UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 31.40 129 38Zet Sgr 19:02:36.7 -29:52:49 2.7 25.28 84 17 Cap 20:46:10.0 -21:30:51 5.9 1.58 108 PPM 237904 20:46:38.5 -19:26:17 8.0 0.57 109 PPM 271591 20:46:08.0 -20:07:40 9.7 0.24 109 55576 20:45:28.6 -19:56:36 16.4 109 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/11/04 04:09:44 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute