RECON: TNO occultation with 558168

Event between (558168) 14XQ40 and star GA0640:07222049 with event index number of 2706091

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/01/27 22:49:30 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:53:27.8 -25:47:27
Equinox of date position of star is 15:54:48.1 -25:51:19
Stellar brightness G=15.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 143 degrees from the moon. Moon is 93% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.1

TNO is 24.8 AU from the Sun and 25.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.8 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 312 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1515 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.9
Diameter=98.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.2 sec chord
Diameter=40.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 558168, (2029/01/27 22:49UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:11.7 -26:29:38  0.9  8.09 151
7Del Sco       16:02:03.5 -22:42:07  2.3  3.53 144
2 Sco          15:55:21.8 -25:24:42  4.1  0.46 143
PPM 264858     15:56:57.9 -25:51:42  7.8  0.39 144
PPM 264797     15:54:07.2 -25:56:09 10.0  0.25 143
558168         15:55:13.2 -25:52:31 15.6       144
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 558168, (2029/01/27 22:49UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  8.09 151
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3  3.53 144
2 Sco          15:53:36.7 -25:19:39  4.1  0.46 143
PPM 264858     15:55:12.4 -25:46:42  7.8  0.39 144
PPM 264797     15:52:21.7 -25:51:03 10.0  0.25 143
558168         15:53:27.8 -25:47:27 15.6       143
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/02/24 01:30:04 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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