RECON: TNO occultation with 82155

Event between (82155) 01FZ173 and star GA0580:08120345 with event index number of 2437277

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/06/14 12:44:31 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:45:38.6 -31:26:36
Equinox of date position of star is 15:47:10.6 -31:31:06
Stellar brightness G=15.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 106 degrees from the moon. Moon is 56% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.8

Object is 35.7 AU from the Sun and 34.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 157 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1885 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=345.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.7 sec chord
Diameter=140.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 82155, (2028/06/14 12:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:09.4 -26:29:33  0.9 10.80  97
Eta Lup        16:02:01.0 -38:28:31  2.8  7.56 102
PPM 294116     15:42:01.9 -31:18:15  6.4  1.17 107
PPM 294202     15:45:51.1 -31:41:31  6.7  0.37 106
PPM 294245     15:48:16.3 -31:42:22  9.6  0.25 106
PPM 294234     15:47:51.1 -31:19:31 10.3  0.22 106
82155          15:47:25.5 -31:31:50 15.8       106
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, (2028/06/14 12:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 10.80  97
Eta Lup        16:00:07.3 -38:23:48  2.8  7.56 102
PPM 294116     15:40:15.4 -31:12:50  6.4  1.17 107
PPM 294202     15:44:04.1 -31:36:14  6.7  0.37 106
PPM 294245     15:46:29.1 -31:37:11  9.6  0.25 106
PPM 294234     15:46:04.2 -31:14:18 10.3  0.22 106
82155          15:45:38.6 -31:26:36 15.8       106
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/24 21:29:53 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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