RECON: TNO occultation with 567122

Event between (567122) 20PM3 and star GA1420:01681180 with event index number of 2643469

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/10/03 18:54:06 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:30:35.3 +53:44:54
Equinox of date position of star is 02:32:15.7 +53:51:12
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 50 degrees from the moon. Moon is 100% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.3

Object is 12.3 AU from the Sun and 11.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 7.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 133 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1950 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.2
Diameter=80.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.8 sec chord
Diameter=32.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 567122, (2028/10/03 18:53UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:42:24.8 +45:23:04  1.3 53.65  62
Mirphak        03:26:23.5 +49:57:40  1.8  9.15  53
11 Per         02:45:07.5 +55:13:37  5.6  2.26  52
PPM 027661     02:30:27.9 +53:11:44  8.3  0.75  49
PPM 027696     02:32:51.7 +53:59:15  9.7  0.12  50
567122         02:32:36.0 +53:52:29 16.4        50
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, (2028/10/03 18:53UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:41:25.9 +45:16:49  1.3 53.65  62
Mirphak        03:24:19.4 +49:51:40  1.8  9.15  53
11 Per         02:43:02.8 +55:06:22  5.6  2.26  52
PPM 027661     02:28:28.4 +53:04:06  8.3  0.75  49
PPM 027696     02:30:50.8 +53:51:40  9.7  0.12  50
567122         02:30:35.3 +53:44:54 16.4        50
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/03 04:23:09 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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