RECON: TNO occultation with 60558

Event between (60558) Echeclus and star GA1080:01925068 with event index number of 2336959

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/04/16 10:47:15 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:22:37.6 +19:17:25
Equinox of date position of star is 06:23:55.8 +19:16:40
Stellar brightness G=14.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 107 degrees from the moon. Moon is 100% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.2

TNO is 11.4 AU from the Sun and 11.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 7.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 25 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 424 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.2
Diameter=88.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.9 sec chord
Diameter=36.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 60558, (2022/04/16 10:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:22.8 +07:24:34  0.4 13.62 113
Alhena         06:39:00.0 +16:22:42  1.9  4.61 103
16 Gem         06:29:16.2 +20:28:51  6.1  1.74 106
PPM 122359     06:23:42.0 +19:21:30  8.3  0.10 107
60558          06:23:56.5 +19:16:40 14.6       106
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 60558, (2022/04/16 10:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 13.62 113
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9  4.61 103
16 Gem         06:27:56.7 +20:29:46  6.1  1.74 106
PPM 122359     06:22:23.0 +19:22:15  8.3  0.10 107
60558          06:22:37.6 +19:17:25 14.6       107
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/02/02 01:09:37 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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