RECON: TNO occultation with 38084

Event between (38084) 99HB12 and star GA0800:05617247 with event index number of 1887667

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/05/24 01:07:01 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:58:48.7 -09:04:35
Equinox of date position of star is 17:00:08.5 -09:06:42
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 157 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.3

Object is 33.2 AU from the Sun and 32.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 152 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1597 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=231.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.3 sec chord
Diameter=94.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:2EEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 38084, (2028/05/24 01:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:09.2 -26:29:33  0.9 18.70 170
13Zet Oph      16:38:43.5 -10:37:20  2.6  5.54 162
PPM 232375     16:59:00.4 -11:00:22  6.3  1.92 159
PPM 200239     17:01:03.9 -07:59:46  8.4  1.13 156
PPM 200231     17:00:42.8 -09:09:44  9.5  0.10 157
38084          17:00:21.9 -09:07:03 16.6       157
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 38084, (2028/05/24 01:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 18.70 170
13Zet Oph      16:37:09.6 -10:34:01  2.6  5.54 162
PPM 232375     16:57:26.0 -10:57:50  6.3  1.92 159
PPM 200239     16:59:31.4 -07:57:19  8.4  1.13 156
PPM 200231     16:59:09.6 -09:07:17  9.5  0.10 157
38084          16:58:48.7 -09:04:35 16.6       157
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/24 02:53:53 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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