RECON: TNO occultation with 559180

Event between (559180) 15BT518 and star GA0800:04584011 with event index number of 2654620

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/05/20 11:57:49 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:41:40.8 -08:07:13
Equinox of date position of star is 14:42:55.4 -08:13:08
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 150 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

Object is 42.5 AU from the Sun and 41.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 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 1835 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.9
Diameter=394.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.9 sec chord
Diameter=161.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 559180, (2023/05/20 11:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:25.7 -11:16:57  1.0 19.09 135
27Bet Lib      15:18:16.1 -09:28:04  2.6  8.82 157
107Mu Vir      14:44:17.7 -05:45:31  3.9  2.48 148
PPM 197859     14:45:28.3 -08:20:58  6.9  0.64 150
PPM 197794     14:41:52.1 -08:15:54  9.6  0.27 149
559180         14:42:55.6 -08:13:09 16.5       150
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 559180, (2023/05/20 11:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 19.09 135
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  8.82 157
107Mu Vir      14:43:03.8 -05:39:36  3.9  2.48 148
PPM 197859     14:44:13.4 -08:15:06  6.9  0.64 150
PPM 197794     14:40:37.3 -08:09:57  9.6  0.27 149
559180         14:41:40.8 -08:07:13 16.5       150
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/04/26 03:58:19 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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