RECON: TNO occultation with 500883

Event between (500883) 13JJ65 and star GA0800:05775477 with event index number of 2335994

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/05/13 07:51:25 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:08:15.8 -09:09:50
Equinox of date position of star is 17:09:36.2 -09:11:38
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 107 degrees from the moon. Moon is 17% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.9

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Object is 43.9 AU from the Sun and 43.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 651 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3137 km.
The sky-plane scale is 31183.6 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.4
Diameter=199.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.7 sec chord
Diameter=81.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E+6:4II
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 500883, (2026/05/13 07:51UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:01.7 -26:29:17  0.9 19.57 115
35Eta Oph      17:11:53.5 -15:45:20  2.6  6.58 106
PPM 232685     17:11:15.5 -10:33:19  5.6  1.41 106
PPM 200352     17:08:31.9 -09:49:29  8.5  0.69 107
PPM 200376     17:09:52.8 -09:27:41  9.8  0.27 106
500883         17:09:42.4 -09:11:47 16.5       106
Positions are for equinox of date

This table contains the target star visibility for the RECON network. The observing range has been set to a maximum of 1.4 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 18.4 km RECON observability=1.0 and success probability=0.1%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Sleaford 07:53:05 -18.6 Dark Down 27.6 164.8 Low 07:38:05 - 08:08:05 12967
Kamloops 07:53:46 -20.9 Dark Down 25.5 149.2 Low 07:38:46 - 08:08:46 12582
Kelowna 07:53:44 -21.7 Dark Down 26.4 150.0 Low 07:38:44 - 08:08:44 12548
Peachland 07:53:45 -21.8 Dark Down 26.4 149.6 Low 07:38:45 - 08:08:45 12534
Summerland 07:53:43 -22.0 Dark Down 26.6 149.7 Low 07:38:43 - 08:08:43 12526
Penticton 07:53:44 -22.1 Dark Down 26.7 149.8 Low 07:38:44 - 08:08:44 12524
Oliver 07:53:45 -22.4 Dark Down 27.0 149.7 Low 07:38:45 - 08:08:45 12500
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 07:53:44 -22.6 Dark Down 27.2 149.8 Low 07:38:44 - 08:08:44 12493
Okanogan 07:53:46 -23.2 Dark Down 27.7 149.5 Low 07:38:46 - 08:08:46 12443
Brewster 07:53:47 -23.5 Dark Down 27.9 149.2 Low 07:38:47 - 08:08:47 12420
Manson/Chelan 07:53:47 -23.7 Dark Down 27.9 148.7 Low 07:38:47 - 08:08:47 12397
Victoria 07:53:56 -23.0 Dark Down 26.2 145.6 Low 07:38:56 - 08:08:56 12369
Wenatchee 07:53:48 -24.2 Dark Down 28.3 148.4 Low 07:38:48 - 08:08:48 12360
Ellensburg 07:53:49 -24.6 Dark Down 28.5 148.1 Low 07:38:49 - 08:08:49 12326
Yakima 07:53:50 -25.0 Dark Down 28.9 147.9 Low 07:38:50 - 08:08:50 12296
PNWRO 07:53:46 -25.6 Dark Down 30.0 149.5 Low 07:38:46 - 08:08:46 12293
Toppenish/White Swan 07:53:49 -25.2 Dark Down 29.1 148.1 Low 07:38:49 - 08:08:49 12285
The Dalles 07:53:53 -26.0 Dark Down 29.5 147.0 Low 07:38:53 - 08:08:53 12209
Dunrhomin 07:53:05 -29.9 Dark Down 39.2 163.5 Up 07:38:05 - 08:08:05 12202
Nikitin 07:53:04 -30.1 Dark Down 39.3 163.5 Up 07:38:04 - 08:08:04 12188
CU-SBO 07:53:04 -30.2 Dark Down 39.4 163.3 Up 07:38:04 - 08:08:04 12181
Maupin 07:53:53 -26.4 Dark Down 29.9 147.0 Low 07:38:53 - 08:08:53 12181
Sisters 07:53:55 -27.3 Dark Down 30.4 146.2 Up 07:38:55 - 08:08:55 12104
Bend 07:53:54 -27.5 Dark Down 30.7 146.4 Up 07:38:54 - 08:08:54 12093
Oregon Observatory 07:53:54 -27.7 Dark Down 30.8 146.2 Up 07:38:54 - 08:08:54 12076
Chiloquin 07:53:57 -29.0 Dark Down 31.7 145.3 Up 07:38:57 - 08:08:57 11965
Klamath Falls 07:53:57 -29.3 Dark Down 32.1 145.3 Up 07:38:57 - 08:08:57 11941
Cedarville 07:53:51 -30.1 Dark Down 33.3 146.7 Up 07:38:51 - 08:08:51 11927
Fall River/Burney 07:53:56 -30.5 Dark Down 33.2 145.3 Up 07:38:56 - 08:08:56 11858
Gimple 07:53:55 -31.4 Dark Down 34.2 145.5 Up 07:38:55 - 08:08:55 11799
Greenville 07:53:55 -31.4 Dark Down 34.1 145.4 Up 07:38:55 - 08:08:55 11797
Portola 07:53:52 -31.8 Dark Down 34.6 145.8 Up 07:38:52 - 08:08:52 11783
Quincy 07:53:55 -31.6 Dark Down 34.3 145.3 Up 07:38:55 - 08:08:55 11780
Reno 07:53:53 -32.0 Dark Down 35.1 146.4 Up 07:38:53 - 08:08:53 11778
Yerington 07:53:51 -32.6 Dark Down 35.8 146.9 Up 07:38:51 - 08:08:51 11751
Carson City 07:53:53 -32.4 Dark Down 35.4 146.3 Up 07:38:53 - 08:08:53 11750
Gardnerville 07:53:53 -32.6 Dark Down 35.6 146.2 Up 07:38:53 - 08:08:53 11731
Hawthorne 07:53:49 -33.1 Dark Down 36.4 147.3 Up 07:38:49 - 08:08:49 11727
Lee Vining 07:53:51 -33.6 Dark Down 36.7 146.5 Up 07:38:51 - 08:08:51 11668
Beatty 07:53:43 -34.6 Dark Down 38.6 148.7 Up 07:38:43 - 08:08:43 11643
Bishop 07:53:49 -34.2 Dark Down 37.5 147.0 Up 07:38:49 - 08:08:49 11638
Patrick 07:53:34 -35.9 Dark Down 41.0 151.4 Up 07:38:34 - 08:08:34 11597
Laughlin/Bullhead City 07:53:36 -36.2 Dark Down 41.0 150.5 Up 07:38:36 - 08:08:36 11557
George/Scottsdale 07:53:27 -37.4 Dark Down 43.3 153.1 Up 07:38:27 - 08:08:27 11509
Lake Havasu City 07:53:35 -36.9 Dark Down 41.7 150.5 Up 07:38:35 - 08:08:35 11507
Idyllwild 07:53:45 -37.8 Dark Down 41.3 147.3 Up 07:38:45 - 08:08:45 11378
Calipatria 07:53:40 -38.3 Dark Down 42.3 148.4 Up 07:38:40 - 08:08:40 11357
Wildwood 07:53:51 -37.5 Dark Down 40.2 145.4 Up 07:38:51 - 08:08:51 11356
Yuma 07:53:38 -38.7 Dark Down 43.1 149.3 Up 07:38:38 - 08:08:38 11345

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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 500883, (2026/05/13 07:51UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 19.57 115
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  6.58 106
PPM 232685     17:09:48.0 -10:31:26  5.6  1.41 106
PPM 200352     17:07:04.9 -09:47:30  8.5  0.69 107
PPM 200376     17:08:26.0 -09:25:45  9.8  0.27 106
500883         17:08:15.8 -09:09:50 16.5       107
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/18 21:26:44 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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