RECON: TNO occultation with 500877

Event between (500877) 13JE64 and star GA0700:10242116 with event index number of 2332988

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/09/18 09:14:46 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:23:51.5 -19:44:51
Equinox of date position of star is 17:25:18.3 -19:46:07
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 91 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=24.4

Object is 39.4 AU from the Sun and 39.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 8.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1838 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4521 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.3
Diameter=138.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.5 sec chord
Diameter=56.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 2:1E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 500877, (2028/09/18 09:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:10.4 -26:29:35  0.9 14.18  79
35Eta Oph      17:12:01.6 -15:45:30  2.6  5.15  88
PPM 233026     17:26:18.0 -18:28:11  6.4  1.31  91
PPM 232992     17:24:16.4 -19:38:33  8.1  0.33  91
500877         17:25:33.4 -19:46:20 16.5        92
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 500877, (2028/09/18 09:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 14.18  79
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  5.15  88
PPM 233026     17:24:37.1 -18:26:45  6.4  1.31  91
PPM 232992     17:22:34.6 -19:37:01  8.1  0.33  91
500877         17:23:51.5 -19:44:51 16.5        91
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/24 21:34:02 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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