RECON: TNO occultation with 567122

Event between (567122) 20PM3 and star GA1400:01180086 with event index number of 2706447

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/02/03 16:18:32 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:07:02.5 +50:49:59
Equinox of date position of star is 02:08:36.9 +50:56:46
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 137 degrees from the moon. Moon is 75% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.5

Object is 12.3 AU from the Sun and 12.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 7.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 119 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1928 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.2
Diameter=80.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.1 sec chord
Diameter=32.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 567122, (2029/02/03 16:19UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:35.6 +16:33:56  0.8 45.37 125
57Gam1And      02:05:41.9 +42:28:05  2.3  8.52 145
PPM 027263     02:15:33.3 +51:11:59  5.3  1.06 136
PPM 027140     02:09:34.8 +51:14:06  8.3  0.28 137
567122         02:08:57.3 +50:58:14 16.9       137
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, (2029/02/03 16:19UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 45.37 125
57Gam1And      02:03:54.1 +42:19:46  2.3  8.52 145
PPM 027263     02:13:37.2 +51:03:53  5.3  1.06 136
PPM 027140     02:07:39.6 +51:05:52  8.3  0.28 137
567122         02:07:02.5 +50:49:59 16.9       137
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/10 04:23:21 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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