RECON: TNO occultation with 500886

Event between (500886) 13JN65 and star GA0680:08420939 with event index number of 2336547

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/04/25 00:03:07 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:01:07.4 -21:05:04
Equinox of date position of star is 17:02:34.9 -21:07:07
Stellar brightness G=15.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 141 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.7

Object is 41.1 AU from the Sun and 40.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 376 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3899 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.5
Diameter=199.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.9 sec chord
Diameter=81.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 500886, (2028/04/25 00:03UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:08.9 -26:29:32  0.9  9.01 148
35Eta Oph      17:12:00.2 -15:45:29  2.6  5.79 138
PPM 266364     17:06:26.2 -20:31:55  6.5  1.03 140
PPM 266258     17:02:11.2 -21:30:08  7.6  0.41 141
PPM 266248     17:01:40.3 -21:08:32  9.0  0.27 141
500886         17:02:48.6 -21:07:26 15.1       140
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 500886, (2028/04/25 00:03UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  9.01 148
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  5.79 138
PPM 266364     17:04:45.3 -20:29:41  6.5  1.03 140
PPM 266258     17:00:29.7 -21:27:44  7.6  0.41 141
PPM 266248     16:59:59.1 -21:06:07  9.0  0.27 141
500886         17:01:07.4 -21:05:04 15.1       141
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/23 21:33:18 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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