RECON: TNO occultation with 505477

Event between (505477) 13UM15 and star GA1000:00193845 with event index number of 2397387

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/09/28 20:23:41 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:12:40.5 +11:24:22
Equinox of date position of star is 02:13:59.4 +11:31:12
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 81 degrees from the moon. Moon is 80% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.6

Object is 45.4 AU from the Sun and 44.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 366 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5849 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.0
Diameter=251.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.8 sec chord
Diameter=102.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 11:6EEEEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 505477, (2028/09/28 20:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:34.4 +16:33:54  0.8 35.08 116
6Bet Ari       01:56:14.0 +20:56:51  2.6 10.35  80
65Xi 1Cet      02:14:31.7 +08:58:49  4.4  2.56  81
PPM 118053     02:15:45.6 +12:25:01  8.2  0.95  82
PPM 118019     02:13:20.1 +11:53:41  9.9  0.42  81
PPM 118037     02:14:34.3 +11:41:12 11.1  0.17  81
505477         02:14:13.1 +11:32:23 16.7        82
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 505477, (2028/09/28 20:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 35.08 116
6Bet Ari       01:54:38.5 +20:48:26  2.6 10.35  80
65Xi 1Cet      02:13:00.0 +08:50:48  4.4  2.56  81
PPM 118053     02:14:12.6 +12:17:02  8.2  0.95  82
PPM 118019     02:11:47.3 +11:45:38  9.9  0.42  81
PPM 118037     02:13:01.5 +11:33:11 11.1  0.17  81
505477         02:12:40.5 +11:24:22 16.7        81
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/24 21:34:11 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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