RECON: TNO occultation with 15BE568

Event between 15BE568 and star GA0760:04754126 with event index number of 2643559

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/04/26 15:43:49 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:08:49.8 -13:56:58
Equinox of date position of star is 13:10:00.5 -14:04:05
Stellar brightness G=15.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 144 degrees from the moon. Moon is 18% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6

TNO is 21.9 AU from the Sun and 20.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 68 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1124 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.2
Diameter=88.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.1 sec chord
Diameter=36.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 15BE568, (2022/04/26 15:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:22.3 -11:16:38  1.0  4.87 142
53 Vir         13:13:15.0 -16:19:06  4.8  2.38 142
PPM 226837     13:09:12.9 -14:24:26  8.3  0.39 144
PPM 226845     13:09:31.7 -13:56:41  9.5  0.17 144
15BE568        13:10:00.6 -14:04:05 15.6       143
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 15BE568, (2022/04/26 15:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0  4.87 142
53 Vir         13:12:03.7 -16:12:01  4.8  2.38 142
PPM 226837     13:08:02.0 -14:17:19  8.3  0.39 144
PPM 226845     13:08:20.9 -13:49:34  9.5  0.17 144
15BE568        13:08:49.8 -13:56:58 15.6       144
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/04/17 00:14:13 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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