RECON: TNO occultation with 559181

Event between (559181) 15BX518 and star GA0760:04575556 with event index number of 2654570

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/04/23 09:22:40 UTC

J2000 position of star is 11:56:47.2 -13:39:30
Equinox of date position of star is 11:58:02.4 -13:47:40
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 58 degrees from the moon. Moon is 93% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.6

Object is 40.4 AU from the Sun and 39.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.7 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 96 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1643 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.5
Diameter=455.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 21.1 sec chord
Diameter=185.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 559181, (2027/04/23 09:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:38.2 -11:18:11  1.0 21.72  39
4Gam Crv       12:17:12.9 -17:41:36  2.6  6.00  52
PPM 225013     11:52:45.2 -12:20:22  6.3  1.98  59
PPM 225149     11:58:20.2 -13:54:27  6.9  0.10  57
559181         11:58:11.1 -13:48:37 15.9        57
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 559181, (2027/04/23 09:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 21.72  39
4Gam Crv       12:15:48.1 -17:32:30  2.6  6.00  52
PPM 225013     11:51:21.5 -12:11:15  6.3  1.98  59
PPM 225149     11:56:56.3 -13:45:20  6.9  0.10  57
559181         11:56:47.2 -13:39:30 15.9        57
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/21 21:27:45 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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