RECON: TNO occultation with 126155

Event between (126155) 01YJ140 and star GA1080:03117635 with event index number of 2142855

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/05/17 09:07:37 UTC

J2000 position of star is 08:38:45.8 +19:34:33
Equinox of date position of star is 08:40:05.4 +19:29:36
Stellar brightness G=12.4, use SENSEUP=16 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 250 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 99 degrees from the moon. Moon is 6% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.5

Object is 29.4 AU from the Sun and 29.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 98 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1290 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.6
Diameter=185.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.1 sec chord
Diameter=75.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 126155, (2023/05/17 09:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:44.7 +27:58:04  1.1 14.85  85
33Eta Cnc      08:34:03.4 +20:21:37  5.3  1.67  97
PPM 125538     08:40:29.4 +19:30:32  8.5  0.09  99
126155         08:40:06.2 +19:29:33 12.4        99
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 126155, (2023/05/17 09:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 14.85  85
33Eta Cnc      08:32:42.4 +20:26:27  5.3  1.67  97
PPM 125538     08:39:09.0 +19:35:32  8.5  0.09  99
126155         08:38:45.8 +19:34:33 12.4        99
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/02/17 04:10:41 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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