RECON: TNO occultation with 559182

Event between (559182) 15BZ518 and star GA0660:06758002 with event index number of 2638652

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/07/08 12:13:46 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:50:16.5 -23:41:14
Equinox of date position of star is 15:51:44.0 -23:45:35
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 66 degrees from the moon. Moon is 97% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.5

Object is 47.0 AU from the Sun and 46.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 143 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1890 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.7
Diameter=657.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 42.2 sec chord
Diameter=268.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 17.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 559182, (2028/07/08 12:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:09.7 -26:29:34  0.9  9.27  57
7Del Sco       16:02:01.5 -22:42:02  2.3  2.55  64
PPM 264830     15:55:38.1 -24:03:39  5.4  0.89  65
PPM 264762     15:52:21.5 -23:20:34  7.8  0.44  66
PPM 264732     15:50:58.0 -23:55:39  9.4  0.28  67
559182         15:51:58.4 -23:46:18 16.3        66
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 559182, (2028/07/08 12:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  9.27  57
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3  2.55  64
PPM 264830     15:53:55.9 -23:58:42  5.4  0.89  65
PPM 264762     15:50:39.9 -23:15:30  7.8  0.44  66
PPM 264732     15:49:16.0 -23:50:32  9.4  0.28  67
559182         15:50:16.5 -23:41:14 16.3        66
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/24 21:30:41 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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