RECON: TNO occultation with 168700

Event between (168700) 00GE147 and star GA0700:08985859 with event index number of 2384040

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/09/06 20:22:40 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:15:38.7 -18:13:50
Equinox of date position of star is 17:17:04.4 -18:15:23
Stellar brightness G=13.8, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 116 degrees from the moon. Moon is 93% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.6

Object is 33.1 AU from the Sun and 33.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 4.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 4615 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2950 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.2
Diameter=131.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 31.9 sec chord
Diameter=53.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 13.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 168700, (2028/09/06 20:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:10.3 -26:29:35  0.9 13.46 126
35Eta Oph      17:12:01.5 -15:45:30  2.6  2.80 117
PPM 232651     17:09:55.0 -17:38:40  6.0  1.87 118
PPM 232796     17:15:35.1 -18:15:01  8.4  0.41 116
PPM 232859     17:18:23.6 -18:09:57  8.9  0.27 116
168700         17:17:19.3 -18:15:39 13.8       115
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 168700, (2028/09/06 20:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 13.46 126
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  2.80 117
PPM 232651     17:08:14.9 -17:36:33  6.0  1.87 118
PPM 232796     17:13:54.5 -18:13:08  8.4  0.41 116
PPM 232859     17:16:43.1 -18:08:11  8.9  0.27 116
168700         17:15:38.7 -18:13:50 13.8       116
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/10 02:01:55 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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