RECON: TNO occultation with 82155

Event between (82155) 01FZ173 and star GA0580:08291595 with event index number of 2437250

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/02/03 04:17:39 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:52:25.8 -31:16:59
Equinox of date position of star is 15:53:58.0 -31:21:17
Stellar brightness G=14.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 154 degrees from the moon. Moon is 44% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9

Object is 35.6 AU from the Sun and 35.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 213 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2653 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=345.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 20.4 sec chord
Diameter=140.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 82155, (2028/02/03 04:21UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:08.1 -26:29:30  0.9  9.43 147
Eta Lup        16:01:59.6 -38:28:27  2.8  7.29 149
PPM 294436     15:58:00.5 -31:51:57  6.5  0.95 153
PPM 294378     15:54:58.4 -30:51:39  7.7  0.53 154
PPM 294352     15:53:33.7 -31:18:30  9.1  0.15 154
82155          15:54:11.6 -31:21:55 14.9       153
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 82155, (2028/02/03 04:21UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  9.43 147
Eta Lup        16:00:07.3 -38:23:48  2.8  7.29 149
PPM 294436     15:56:14.1 -31:47:09  6.5  0.95 153
PPM 294378     15:53:12.9 -30:46:45  7.7  0.53 154
PPM 294352     15:51:48.0 -31:13:33  9.1  0.15 154
82155          15:52:25.8 -31:16:59 14.9       154
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/23 21:28:01 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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