RECON observing guide for 22180_00YZ_20261016020950

Occultation event with (22180) 00YZ, event index number 4411
Regions able to see the event: Europe

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/10/16 02:09:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:51:40.6 +24:10:00
Equinox of date position of star is 04:53:18.4 +24:12:36
Star is 169 degrees from the moon. Moon is 27% illuminated.
Stellar brightness G=16.5, apparent brightess of occulting body is G=15.2
Use an exposure time of 1.05 seconds with the standard RECON-QHY system.
SNR of 3.0 per integration for unocculted signal
Expected flux drop is 24% with SNR of 0.7 for the occulted depth (per occulted point)

Apparent velocity is 9.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 11.0 arcsec/hr.
Position angle of asteroid motion is 41.1 degrees
The recommended exposure time corresponds to 9.7 km per image.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1.4 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 26.2 km.
The sky-plane scale is 3020.9 km/arcsec.

Diameter estimates:
53.5 km assuming a 5% albedo, maximum of 5.8 sec for a central chord
21.8 km assuming a 30% albedo, maximum of 2.4 sec for a central chord
Cross-track diameter of 39.8 km used for deployment plan.

Star training set for 22180_00YZ, (2026/10/16 02:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:27.7 +16:33:39  0.8  8.50 162
Alnath         05:27:59.3 +28:37:39  1.6  8.93 178
PPM 093742     04:47:19.7 +23:40:30  6.1  1.47 168
PPM 093877     04:56:15.3 +23:58:46  8.5  0.71 170
PPM 093822     04:52:52.7 +24:20:03  9.4  0.16 169
PPM 093834     04:53:45.7 +24:05:34 11.3  0.16 169
22180_00YZ     04:53:18.4 +24:12:36 15.2       170
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.

Star training set for 22180_00YZ, (2026/10/16 02:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.4 +16:30:29  0.8  8.50 162
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:22  1.6  8.93 178
PPM 093742     04:45:42.5 +23:37:41  6.1  1.47 168
PPM 093877     04:54:37.6 +23:56:16  8.5  0.71 170
PPM 093822     04:51:14.9 +24:17:26  9.4  0.16 169
PPM 093834     04:52:08.0 +24:02:59 11.3  0.16 169
22180_00YZ     04:51:40.6 +24:10:00 15.2       169
Positions are for J2000


Created by recondetail.pro, 2025/06/20 12:58:51 MT