RECON: TNO occultation with 95626

Event between (95626) 02GZ32 and star GA0660:46003191 with event index number of 2751481

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/05/04 12:06:33 UTC

J2000 position of star is 21:11:10.6 -22:33:31
Equinox of date position of star is 21:12:33.9 -22:27:31
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 13 degrees from the moon. Moon is 59% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.3

Object is 19.2 AU from the Sun and 19.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 8.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 459 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2001 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=251.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 25.4 sec chord
Diameter=102.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 95626, (2029/05/04 11:59UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:15.7 -29:27:57  1.2 24.86  38
25Chi Cap      21:10:14.2 -21:04:26  5.3  1.49  12
PPM 272146     21:12:11.7 -22:21:22  7.6  0.17  13
PPM 272148     21:12:24.9 -22:26:56  9.6  0.10  13
95626          21:12:51.7 -22:26:14 15.9        13
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 95626, (2029/05/04 11:59UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 24.86  38
25Chi Cap      21:08:33.7 -21:11:39  5.3  1.49  12
PPM 272146     21:10:30.7 -22:28:38  7.6  0.17  13
PPM 272148     21:10:43.8 -22:34:12  9.6  0.10  13
95626          21:11:10.6 -22:33:31 15.9        13
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/08 03:29:34 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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