RECON: TNO occultation with 66652

Event between (66652) Borasisi and star GA0880:19276911 with event index number of 2400557

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/11/08 22:28:54 UTC

J2000 position of star is 23:58:48.3 -00:45:02
Equinox of date position of star is 00:00:01.5 -00:37:05
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 46 degrees from the moon. Moon is 47% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.3

Object is 42.7 AU from the Sun and 42.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 127 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1760 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.9
Diameter=401.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 26.1 sec chord
Diameter=164.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 66652, (2024/11/08 22:29UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:01.1 -29:29:23  1.2 32.33  26
Algenib        00:14:31.1 +15:19:18  2.8 16.33  58
PPM 174549     23:56:03.0 +00:14:51  5.6  1.32  46
PPM 174650     00:01:28.2 -00:13:20  8.2  0.52  47
PPM 181727     00:00:26.8 -00:26:43  9.9  0.19  47
PPM 181726     00:00:03.0 -00:45:30 11.5  0.15  46
66652          00:00:04.7 -00:36:44 16.4        47
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 66652, (2024/11/08 22:29UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 32.33  26
Algenib        00:13:14.2 +15:11:01  2.8 16.33  58
PPM 174549     23:54:46.6 +00:06:33  5.6  1.32  46
PPM 174650     00:00:11.8 -00:21:38  8.2  0.52  47
PPM 181727     23:59:10.4 -00:35:02  9.9  0.19  47
PPM 181726     23:58:46.5 -00:53:48 11.5  0.15  46
66652          23:58:48.3 -00:45:02 16.4        46
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/10/24 02:32:09 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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