Occultation event with (4792) Lykaon, event index number 4575
Regions able to see the event: SAmericaN
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/11/06 04:12:33 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:50:28.1 +23:47:13
Equinox of date position of star is 04:52:05.7 +23:49:52
Star is 113 degrees from the moon. Moon is 10% illuminated.
Stellar brightness G=14.8, apparent brightess of occulting body is G=15.2
Use an exposure time of 0.75 seconds with the standard RECON-QHY system.
SNR of 10.0 per integration for unocculted signal
Expected flux drop is 59% with SNR of 5.9 for the occulted depth (per occulted point)
Apparent velocity is 13.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 15.6 arcsec/hr.
Position angle of asteroid motion is 93.7 degrees
The recommended exposure time corresponds to 10.0 km per image.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 0.6 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 35.5 km.
The sky-plane scale is 3089.7 km/arcsec.
Diameter estimates:
55.2 km assuming a 5% albedo, maximum of 4.1 sec for a central chord
22.5 km assuming a 30% albedo, maximum of 1.7 sec for a central chord
Cross-track diameter of 50.9 km used for deployment plan.
Star training set for 4792_Lykaon, (2026/11/06 04:13UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:27.9 +16:33:40 0.8 8.04 117 Alnath 05:27:59.5 +28:37:39 1.6 9.37 105 PPM 093742 04:47:19.9 +23:40:31 6.1 1.10 114 PPM 093861 04:55:21.6 +23:35:47 8.5 0.78 113 PPM 093805 04:51:25.5 +23:26:24 9.3 0.42 113 PPM 093820 04:52:38.6 +24:10:00 10.5 0.36 113 4792_Lykaon 04:52:05.7 +23:49:52 15.2 113 Positions are for equinox of date
Star training set for 4792_Lykaon, (2026/11/06 04:13UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.4 +16:30:29 0.8 8.04 117 Alnath 05:26:17.6 +28:36:22 1.6 9.37 105 PPM 093742 04:45:42.5 +23:37:41 6.1 1.10 114 PPM 093861 04:53:44.0 +23:33:16 8.5 0.78 113 PPM 093805 04:49:48.1 +23:23:44 9.3 0.42 113 PPM 093820 04:51:00.6 +24:07:22 10.5 0.36 113 4792_Lykaon 04:50:28.1 +23:47:13 15.2 113 Positions are for J2000