RECON: TNO occultation with 492338

Event between (492338) 14FW and star GA0640:37043161 with event index number of 2322081

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/10/28 08:08:49 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:09:46.0 -24:55:17
Equinox of date position of star is 19:11:15.7 -24:52:49
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 116 degrees from the moon. Moon is 15% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

Object is 15.3 AU from the Sun and 15.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 154 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 744 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=59.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.2 sec chord
Diameter=24.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 492338, (2024/10/28 08:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:56.0 -26:29:06  0.9 36.02  80
Nunki          18:56:48.2 -26:15:49  2.0  3.55 112
42Psi Sgr      19:17:03.6 -25:12:42  4.2  1.35 117
PPM 269368     19:10:18.0 -25:02:17  7.4  0.27 116
PPM 269378     19:10:47.4 -25:04:26  9.0  0.22 116
492338         19:11:17.1 -24:52:47 15.9       116
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 492338, (2024/10/28 08:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 36.02  80
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0  3.55 112
42Psi Sgr      19:15:32.5 -25:15:24  4.2  1.35 117
PPM 269368     19:08:46.9 -25:04:46  7.4  0.27 116
PPM 269378     19:09:16.2 -25:06:56  9.0  0.22 116
492338         19:09:46.0 -24:55:17 15.9       116
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/11 03:51:29 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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