RECON: TNO occultation with 499522

Event between (499522) 10PL66 and star GA1200:00394787 with event index number of 2653900

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/10/07 17:20:55 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:25:03.4 +30:01:38
Equinox of date position of star is 02:26:28.9 +30:08:08
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 20 degrees from the moon. Moon is 85% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.7

Object is 15.2 AU from the Sun and 14.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 124 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2009 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.8
Diameter=162.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.4 sec chord
Diameter=66.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 499522, (2028/10/07 17:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:34.5 +16:33:54  0.8 32.80  13
Hamal          02:08:48.0 +23:35:50  2.0  7.68  23
12 Tri         02:29:51.7 +29:47:47  5.3  0.76  19
PPM 091662     02:27:12.8 +30:00:31  8.3  0.18  19
PPM 067319     02:27:26.5 +30:11:04 10.4  0.15  19
499522         02:26:45.2 +30:09:22 16.1        19
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, (2028/10/07 17:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 32.80  13
Hamal          02:07:10.7 +23:27:41  2.0  7.68  23
12 Tri         02:28:10.0 +29:40:08  5.3  0.76  19
PPM 091662     02:25:31.1 +29:52:48  8.3  0.18  19
PPM 067319     02:25:44.7 +30:03:21 10.4  0.15  19
499522         02:25:03.4 +30:01:38 16.1        20
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/07 04:46:17 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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