RECON: TNO occultation with 444018

Event between (444018) 04EU95 and star GA0700:05832215 with event index number of 1862397

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/04/05 18:33:05 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:33:48.8 -18:38:54
Equinox of date position of star is 15:35:13.0 -18:43:45
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 90 degrees from the moon. Moon is 82% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.4

Object is 42.8 AU from the Sun and 42.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 907 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5416 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.0
Diameter=239.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.3 sec chord
Diameter=97.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 444018, (2028/04/05 18:33UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:08.7 -26:29:32  0.9 15.00 104
7Del Sco       16:02:00.6 -22:41:59  2.3  7.37  97
PPM 230380     15:34:14.4 -19:45:52  5.5  1.06  90
PPM 230348     15:32:40.2 -18:55:53  8.0  0.68  89
PPM 230417     15:35:41.5 -18:34:07  9.5  0.18  90
444018         15:35:26.0 -18:44:30 16.2        90
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 444018, (2028/04/05 18:33UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 15.00 104
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3  7.37  97
PPM 230380     15:32:36.7 -19:40:14  5.5  1.06  90
PPM 230348     15:31:03.0 -18:50:12  8.0  0.68  89
PPM 230417     15:34:04.4 -18:28:32  9.5  0.18  90
444018         15:33:48.8 -18:38:54 16.2        90
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/23 21:29:49 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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