Occultation event with (22180) 00YZ, event index number 3889
Regions able to see the event: Europe
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/07/26 03:17:39 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:22:16.6 +26:20:00
Equinox of date position of star is 04:23:54.3 +26:23:38
Star is 163 degrees from the moon. Moon is 89% illuminated.
Stellar brightness G=13.9, apparent brightess of occulting body is G=15.8
Use an exposure time of 0.25 seconds with the standard RECON-QHY system.
SNR of 9.8 per integration for unocculted signal
Expected flux drop is 85% with SNR of 8.3 for the occulted depth (per occulted point)
Apparent velocity is 29.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 27.1 arcsec/hr.
Position angle of asteroid motion is 90.3 degrees
The recommended exposure time corresponds to 7.3 km per image.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 0.3 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 26.4 km.
The sky-plane scale is 3870.2 km/arcsec.
Diameter estimates:
53.5 km assuming a 5% albedo, maximum of 1.8 sec for a central chord
21.8 km assuming a 30% albedo, maximum of 0.7 sec for a central chord
Cross-track diameter of 39.8 km used for deployment plan.
Star training set for 22180_00YZ, (2026/07/26 03:18UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:26.9 +16:33:38 0.8 10.32 162 44Zet Per 03:55:48.5 +31:57:37 2.8 8.28 158 44 Tau 04:12:27.2 +26:32:53 5.4 2.57 161 PPM 093432 04:22:07.7 +25:53:21 8.0 0.64 163 PPM 093458 04:24:12.4 +26:23:32 11.6 0.07 163 22180_00YZ 04:23:54.3 +26:23:38 15.8 164 Positions are for equinox of date
Star training set for 22180_00YZ, (2026/07/26 03:18UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.4 +16:30:29 0.8 10.32 162 44Zet Per 03:54:07.9 +31:53:01 2.8 8.28 158 44 Tau 04:10:49.8 +26:28:50 5.4 2.57 161 PPM 093432 04:20:30.4 +25:49:39 8.0 0.64 163 PPM 093458 04:22:34.7 +26:19:54 11.6 0.07 163 22180_00YZ 04:22:16.6 +26:20:00 15.8 163 Positions are for J2000