RECON: TNO occultation with 386723

Event between (386723) 09YE7 and star GA0840:00538824 with event index number of 2530671

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/11/27 18:03:55 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:11:32.5 -04:28:29
Equinox of date position of star is 05:12:43.9 -04:26:49
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 66 degrees from the moon. Moon is 83% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.7

Object is 50.5 AU from the Sun and 49.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 26.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 129 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2174 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.6
Diameter=704.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 27.7 sec chord
Diameter=287.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 386723, (2028/11/27 18:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:55.7 -08:10:14  0.1  3.80  68
67Bet Eri      05:09:16.4 -05:03:04  2.8  1.11  65
66 Eri         05:08:11.5 -04:37:07  5.0  1.21  65
PPM 187816     05:14:54.4 -04:37:16  8.1  0.51  66
PPM 187784     05:12:35.8 -04:08:55  9.0  0.31  66
386723         05:12:58.5 -04:26:29 16.6        66
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 386723, (2028/11/27 18:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1  3.80  68
67Bet Eri      05:07:50.8 -05:05:13  2.8  1.11  65
66 Eri         05:06:45.6 -04:39:19  5.0  1.21  65
PPM 187816     05:13:28.6 -04:39:11  8.1  0.51  66
PPM 187784     05:11:09.7 -04:10:56  9.0  0.31  66
386723         05:11:32.5 -04:28:29 16.6        66
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/09 22:28:40 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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