RECON: TNO occultation with 505679

Event between (505679) 14WT69 and star GA1140:00561320 with event index number of 2442541

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/03/18 21:33:02 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:55:43.6 +24:08:17
Equinox of date position of star is 03:57:05.8 +24:12:13
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 143 degrees from the moon. Moon is 41% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.8

TNO is 47.0 AU from the Sun and 47.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 364 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2914 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.9
Diameter=394.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 23.0 sec chord
Diameter=161.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 505679, (2028/03/18 21:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:32.6 +16:33:50  0.8 12.12 150
44Zet Per      03:55:54.8 +31:57:54  2.8  7.75 143
33 Tau         03:58:44.5 +23:15:19  6.0  1.01 143
PPM 093123     04:00:02.3 +24:09:36  7.6  0.60 143
PPM 093060     03:56:42.9 +24:02:19  9.7  0.24 142
PPM 093072     03:57:37.8 +24:26:36 10.4  0.23 143
505679         03:57:24.9 +24:13:07 16.2       143
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 505679, (2028/03/18 21:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 12.12 150
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8  7.75 143
33 Tau         03:57:03.9 +23:10:32  6.0  1.01 143
PPM 093123     03:58:20.9 +24:04:51  7.6  0.60 143
PPM 093060     03:55:01.7 +23:57:28  9.7  0.24 142
PPM 093072     03:55:56.3 +24:21:46 10.4  0.23 143
505679         03:55:43.6 +24:08:17 16.2       143
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/11/28 03:16:54 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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