Occultation event with (11552) Boucolion, event index number 5029
Regions able to see the event: US,Japan,NMexico
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/12/04 13:29:16 UTC
J2000 position of star is 06:37:49.6 +11:05:32
Equinox of date position of star is 06:39:19.3 +11:04:02
Star is 101 degrees from the moon. Moon is 18% illuminated.
Stellar brightness G=16.5, apparent brightess of occulting body is G=15.6
Use an exposure time of 1.05 seconds with the standard RECON-QHY system.
SNR of 3.1 per integration for unocculted signal
Expected flux drop is 31% with SNR of 0.9 for the occulted depth (per occulted point)
Apparent velocity is 15.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 15.8 arcsec/hr.
Position angle of asteroid motion is 92.2 degrees
The recommended exposure time corresponds to 16.3 km per image.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 0.2 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 31.7 km.
The sky-plane scale is 3544.1 km/arcsec.
Diameter estimates:
57.3 km assuming a 5% albedo, maximum of 3.7 sec for a central chord
23.4 km assuming a 30% albedo, maximum of 1.5 sec for a central chord
Cross-track diameter of 51.1 km used for deployment plan.
Star training set for 11552_Boucolion, (2026/12/04 13:29UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:37.8 +07:24:35 0.4 11.15 111 Alhena 06:39:16.0 +16:22:26 1.9 5.31 102 PPM 122614 06:33:18.4 +11:31:23 5.4 1.54 103 PPM 122765 06:38:52.8 +11:05:56 7.8 0.11 101 11552_Boucolio 06:39:19.3 +11:04:02 15.6 101 Positions are for equinox of date
This table contains the target star visibility for registered Japan sites that are relevant for this occultation. This list has been filtered to only those sites that can see the field and are within range of the shadow given the uncertainties. The observing time range has been calculated to cover the time of the event at each site with allowances for the event timing uncertainty plus time for obtaining a pre and post event baseline lightcurve. This set of stations has a 32.5 % chance of getting at least one chord. There is a 0.0% chance of 2 or more chords assuming clear weather for all.
| Site Name | Site mid-time (UT) |
Sun alt (deg) |
Sky | Moon | Star alt (deg) |
Star az (deg) |
Target | Observing Time | Xtrack (km) |
Prob |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niigata | 13:33:17 | -69.6 | Dark | Down | 42.7 | 112.8 | Up | 13:30:21-13:36:21 | 193.2 | 0.000 | Tokyo | 13:33:21 | -71.6 | Dark | Down | 44.0 | 111.3 | Up | 13:31:02-13:37:02 | -32.5 | 0.325 | Fukuoka | 13:34:02 | -66.3 | Dark | Down | 37.4 | 102.6 | Up | 13:31:07-13:37:07 | -143.8 | 0.000 |
Star training set for 11552_Boucolion, (2026/12/04 13:29UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 11.15 111 Alhena 06:37:42.8 +16:23:56 1.9 5.31 102 PPM 122614 06:31:48.3 +11:32:40 5.4 1.54 103 PPM 122765 06:37:23.0 +11:07:25 7.8 0.11 101 11552_Boucolio 06:37:49.6 +11:05:32 15.6 101 Positions are for J2000