RECON: TNO occultation with 518151

Event between (518151) 16FH13 and star GA1480:05145701 with event index number of 2426854

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/07/25 16:44:07 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:46:47.9 +58:23:49
Equinox of date position of star is 13:47:38.9 +58:16:34
Stellar brightness G=10.7, use SENSEUP=4 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 125 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 66 degrees from the moon. Moon is 18% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.8

Object is 21.0 AU from the Sun and 21.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 242 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4417 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.3
Diameter=53.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.2 sec chord
Diameter=21.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 0.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 518151, (2028/07/25 16:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:37:54.3 +38:48:41  0.0 49.00 105
Mizar          13:25:04.2 +54:46:37  2.3  4.68  61
PPM 034221     13:51:26.5 +58:23:56  6.4  0.50  66
PPM 034191     13:46:37.4 +57:50:17  9.9  0.44  65
PPM 034190     13:46:20.7 +58:10:21 10.5  0.21  66
518151         13:47:47.8 +58:15:18 10.7        66
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 518151, (2028/07/25 16:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:36:56.7 +38:47:08  0.0 49.00 105
Mizar          13:23:55.9 +54:55:31  2.3  4.68  61
PPM 034221     13:50:27.6 +58:32:23  6.4  0.50  66
PPM 034191     13:45:36.7 +57:58:49  9.9  0.44  65
PPM 034190     13:45:20.3 +58:18:53 10.5  0.21  66
518151         13:46:47.9 +58:23:49 10.7        66
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/24 02:55:09 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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