RECON: TNO occultation with 418993

Event between (418993) 09MS9 and star GA0640:00444751 with event index number of 2818805

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/07/26 01:02:19 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:59:19.9 -24:58:34
Equinox of date position of star is 05:00:19.2 -24:56:29
Stellar brightness G=12.5, use SENSEUP=16 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 250 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 112 degrees from the moon. Moon is 100% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=24.5

Object is 28.8 AU from the Sun and 29.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 29.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 62 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2185 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.7
Diameter=67.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.3 sec chord
Diameter=27.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 0.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 418993, (2029/07/26 01:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:57.6 -08:10:11  0.1 17.16 123
Nihal          05:29:30.8 -20:44:16  2.8  7.88 120
PPM 248396     05:05:06.8 -24:20:57  5.8  1.19 114
PPM 248296     05:01:11.0 -25:00:44  7.7  0.16 112
418993         05:00:33.1 -24:56:00 12.5       113
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 418993, (2029/07/26 01:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1 17.16 123
Nihal          05:28:14.7 -20:45:36  2.8  7.88 120
PPM 248396     05:03:53.3 -24:23:19  5.8  1.19 114
PPM 248296     04:59:57.9 -25:03:16  7.7  0.16 112
418993         04:59:19.9 -24:58:34 12.5       112
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/12 04:38:19 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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