RECON: TNO occultation with 499522

Event between (499522) 10PL66 and star GA1200:00400188 with event index number of 2653898

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/09/27 19:04:24 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:26:58.8 +30:00:17
Equinox of date position of star is 02:28:24.4 +30:06:45
Stellar brightness G=13.2, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 103 degrees from the moon. Moon is 72% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.8

Object is 15.2 AU from the Sun and 14.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.1 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 143 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2021 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.8
Diameter=162.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.6 sec chord
Diameter=66.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 499522, (2028/09/27 19:06UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:34.4 +16:33:54  0.8 32.39 129
Hamal          02:08:48.0 +23:35:50  2.0  7.89  97
13 Tri         02:30:30.2 +30:03:33  6.5  0.40 103
PPM 091701     02:29:53.5 +30:00:03  8.1  0.29 103
PPM 091675     02:27:53.9 +30:03:27  8.8  0.18 102
PPM 091687     02:29:08.8 +30:01:55 10.6  0.14 103
499522         02:28:40.5 +30:07:58 13.2       103
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 499522, (2028/09/27 19:06UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 32.39 129
Hamal          02:07:10.7 +23:27:41  2.0  7.89  97
13 Tri         02:28:48.4 +29:55:56  6.5  0.40 103
PPM 091701     02:28:11.7 +29:52:24  8.1  0.29 103
PPM 091675     02:26:12.2 +29:55:45  8.8  0.18 102
PPM 091687     02:27:27.1 +29:54:15 10.6  0.14 103
499522         02:26:58.8 +30:00:17 13.2       103
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/07 04:45:58 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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