RECON: TNO occultation with 82158

Event between (82158) 01FP185 and star GA0960:04523001 with event index number of 2720069

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/02/27 17:46:07 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:03:01.7 +06:20:53
Equinox of date position of star is 16:04:13.8 +06:16:55
Stellar brightness G=11.8, use SENSEUP=8 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 125 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 93 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.6

Object is 42.0 AU from the Sun and 41.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 14.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 108 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5844 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=345.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 23.9 sec chord
Diameter=140.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 82158, (2029/02/27 17:46UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:16:59.9 +19:02:04  0.0 29.09  65
Unukalhai      15:45:42.4 +06:20:09  2.6  4.66  88
PPM 162281     16:10:37.4 +06:17:56  6.0  1.53  94
PPM 162205     16:05:41.1 +07:17:45  8.5  1.07  93
PPM 162212     16:05:55.9 +06:07:21  8.6  0.39  93
PPM 162157     16:02:53.8 +06:15:25 10.7  0.39  92
82158          16:04:27.6 +06:16:09 11.8        93
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 82158, (2029/02/27 17:46UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:15:37.8 +19:10:08  0.0 29.09  65
Unukalhai      15:44:16.3 +06:25:33  2.6  4.66  88
PPM 162281     16:09:11.6 +06:22:26  6.0  1.53  94
PPM 162205     16:04:15.8 +07:22:26  8.5  1.07  93
PPM 162212     16:04:29.9 +06:12:01  8.6  0.39  93
PPM 162157     16:01:27.9 +06:20:12 10.7  0.39  92
82158          16:03:01.7 +06:20:53 11.8        93
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/26 21:31:35 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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