RECON: TNO occultation with 567122

Event between (567122) 20PM3 and star GA1120:16430379 with event index number of 2642919

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/10/11 13:30:07 UTC

J2000 position of star is 23:52:59.4 +22:50:19
Equinox of date position of star is 23:54:12.5 +22:58:17
Stellar brightness G=13.7, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 73 degrees from the moon. Moon is 58% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.2

Object is 12.6 AU from the Sun and 11.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 8.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 22 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 515 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.2
Diameter=80.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.1 sec chord
Diameter=32.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 567122, (2024/10/11 13:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:42:16.7 +45:22:12  1.3 44.71  71
Algenib        00:14:30.9 +15:19:16  2.8  9.03  73
PPM 115976     23:57:57.5 +22:47:10  6.1  0.87  74
PPM 115938     23:56:07.2 +22:36:36  7.8  0.57  73
PPM 115909     23:53:56.8 +23:06:52  9.2  0.16  73
567122         23:54:15.2 +22:58:35 13.7        73
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 567122, (2024/10/11 13:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:41:25.9 +45:16:49  1.3 44.71  71
Algenib        00:13:14.2 +15:11:01  2.8  9.03  73
PPM 115976     23:56:41.5 +22:38:53  6.1  0.87  74
PPM 115938     23:54:51.3 +22:28:20  7.8  0.57  73
PPM 115909     23:52:41.0 +22:58:36  9.2  0.16  73
567122         23:52:59.4 +22:50:19 13.7        73
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/18 04:50:52 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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