RECON: TNO occultation with 500879

Event between (500879) 13JH64 and star GA0700:06727752 with event index number of 2454141

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/02/05 08:23:46 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:42:36.5 -18:33:46
Equinox of date position of star is 16:44:02.1 -18:36:27
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 169 degrees from the moon. Moon is 66% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.4

Object is 55.7 AU from the Sun and 56.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 785 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5883 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=409.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 23.8 sec chord
Diameter=167.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 500879, (2028/02/05 08:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:08.1 -26:29:30  0.9  8.44 175
35Eta Oph      17:11:59.5 -15:45:28  2.6  7.21 162
PPM 232030     16:43:12.1 -17:47:39  5.0  0.86 169
PPM 232092     16:45:43.2 -18:35:30  7.4  0.35 169
PPM 232047     16:43:48.9 -18:39:13  9.4  0.11 169
500879         16:44:14.8 -18:36:51 16.9       169
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 500879, (2028/02/05 08:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  8.44 175
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  7.21 162
PPM 232030     16:41:34.4 -17:44:32  5.0  0.86 169
PPM 232092     16:44:04.8 -18:32:29  7.4  0.35 169
PPM 232047     16:42:10.6 -18:36:07  9.4  0.11 169
500879         16:42:36.5 -18:33:46 16.9       169
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/23 21:28:03 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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