RECON: TNO occultation with 55565

Event between (55565) 02AW197 and star GA0840:03886137 with event index number of 2250752

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/05/10 10:39:16 UTC

J2000 position of star is 10:07:27.3 -05:53:49
Equinox of date position of star is 10:08:40.4 -06:00:59
Stellar brightness G=13.8, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 78 degrees from the moon. Moon is 7% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.1

Object is 44.8 AU from the Sun and 44.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 7.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 222 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1762 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=3.5
Diameter=1219.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 158.5 sec chord
Diameter=497.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 64.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 55565, (2024/05/10 10:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:40.0 +11:50:50  1.3 17.87  69
Alphard        09:28:47.1 -08:45:55  2.0 10.26  70
17 Sex         10:11:20.2 -08:31:44  6.0  2.60  79
PPM 193096     10:08:19.2 -05:41:10  7.8  0.34  77
PPM 193111     10:09:10.4 -05:50:17  8.6  0.22  77
55565          10:08:40.6 -06:01:00 13.8        78
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 55565, (2024/05/10 10:42UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 17.87  69
Alphard        09:27:35.2 -08:39:30  2.0 10.26  70
17 Sex         10:10:07.5 -08:24:30  6.0  2.60  79
PPM 193096     10:07:05.8 -05:33:59  7.8  0.34  77
PPM 193111     10:07:57.0 -05:43:05  8.6  0.22  77
55565          10:07:27.3 -05:53:49 13.8        77
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/23 03:20:39 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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