RECON: TNO occultation with 386968

Event between (386968) 12BR61 and star GA0640:33149025 with event index number of 2216494

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/03/02 07:47:38 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:36:27.5 -25:03:28
Equinox of date position of star is 18:37:56.7 -25:02:10
Stellar brightness G=17.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 130 degrees from the moon. Moon is 29% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.0

Object is 17.4 AU from the Sun and 17.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 67 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 650 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.3
Diameter=82.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.0 sec chord
Diameter=33.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 386968, (2028/03/02 07:46UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:08.4 -26:29:31  0.9 28.57 158
Nunki          18:57:00.6 -26:15:32  2.0  4.41 125
PPM 268694     18:40:13.5 -23:28:42  6.3  1.62 129
PPM 268687     18:39:59.5 -25:23:42  8.1  0.55 129
PPM 268645     18:38:20.4 -25:17:17  9.0  0.26 129
386968         18:38:11.5 -25:01:57 17.0       129
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 386968, (2028/03/02 07:46UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 28.57 158
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0  4.41 125
PPM 268694     18:38:30.7 -23:30:18  6.3  1.62 129
PPM 268687     18:38:15.3 -25:25:18  8.1  0.55 129
PPM 268645     18:36:36.2 -25:18:48  9.0  0.26 129
386968         18:36:27.5 -25:03:28 17.0       129
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/07 04:16:43 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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