RECON: TNO occultation with 538691

Event between (538691) 16FW59 and star GA0760:04734368 with event index number of 2397594

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/03/06 02:54:33 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:01:08.0 -13:28:05
Equinox of date position of star is 13:02:24.4 -13:35:51
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 101 degrees from the moon. Moon is 69% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.7

Object is 44.9 AU from the Sun and 44.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 532 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5210 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.1
Diameter=359.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.6 sec chord
Diameter=146.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 538691, (2028/03/06 02:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:40.9 -11:18:27  1.0  6.31 106
PPM 226546     12:57:22.4 -15:28:45  6.2  2.25 101
PPM 226652     13:01:54.4 -14:02:37  7.9  0.46 101
PPM 226657     13:02:13.8 -13:25:46  9.7  0.21 101
538691         13:02:37.1 -13:37:09 16.5       102
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 538691, (2028/03/06 02:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0  6.31 106
PPM 226546     12:55:53.2 -15:19:37  6.2  2.25 101
PPM 226652     13:00:25.3 -13:53:32  7.9  0.46 101
PPM 226657     13:00:44.8 -13:16:41  9.7  0.21 101
538691         13:01:08.0 -13:28:05 16.5       101
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/25 04:13:28 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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