RECON: TNO occultation with 118698

Event between (118698) 00OY51 and star GA0900:16414754 with event index number of 2111553

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/06/17 11:26:59 UTC

J2000 position of star is 22:31:57.0 +00:33:41
Equinox of date position of star is 22:33:09.7 +00:41:02
Stellar brightness G=14.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 42 degrees from the moon. Moon is 29% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.8

Object is 34.3 AU from the Sun and 34.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 5.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1629 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5237 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.3
Diameter=134.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 23.5 sec chord
Diameter=55.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 7:4EEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 118698, (2028/06/17 11:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:12.9 -29:28:14  1.2 30.80  54
Markab         23:06:10.8 +15:21:32  2.5 16.74  31
55Zet1Aqr      22:30:17.7 +00:07:35  4.0  0.97  43
PPM 173160     22:34:08.6 +01:15:04  8.2  0.57  42
PPM 173150     22:33:33.5 +00:32:32  9.4  0.17  42
118698         22:33:24.4 +00:42:31 14.5        42
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 118698, (2028/06/17 11:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.7 -29:37:24  1.2 30.80  54
Markab         23:04:45.8 +15:12:18  2.5 16.74  31
55Zet1Aqr      22:28:50.2 -00:01:12  4.0  0.97  43
PPM 173160     22:32:41.4 +01:06:14  8.2  0.57  42
PPM 173150     22:32:06.1 +00:23:43  9.4  0.17  42
118698         22:31:57.0 +00:33:41 14.5        42
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/09/04 00:56:08 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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