RECON: TNO occultation with 495613

Event between (495613) 15FG345 and star GA0840:04509769 with event index number of 2324630

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/08/31 22:15:01 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:52:22.8 -05:29:42
Equinox of date position of star is 14:53:40.3 -05:35:39
Stellar brightness G=14.0, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 83 degrees from the moon. Moon is 92% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.4

Object is 39.1 AU from the Sun and 39.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 93 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1836 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.3
Diameter=512.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 27.1 sec chord
Diameter=209.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 495613, (2028/08/31 22:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:42.5 -11:18:36  1.0 22.29 102
27Bet Lib      15:18:33.3 -09:29:13  2.6  7.24  76
16 Lib         14:58:41.1 -04:27:41  4.4  1.66  82
PPM 198022     14:55:31.6 -05:41:14  8.0  0.41  83
PPM 198010     14:54:57.0 -05:31:33  9.7  0.28  83
495613         14:53:53.5 -05:36:40 14.0        83
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 495613, (2028/08/31 22:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 22.29 102
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  7.24  76
16 Lib         14:57:10.8 -04:20:51  4.4  1.66  82
PPM 198022     14:54:00.8 -05:34:18  8.0  0.41  83
PPM 198010     14:53:26.3 -05:24:36  9.7  0.28  83
495613         14:52:22.8 -05:29:42 14.0        83
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/24 21:33:54 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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