RECON: TNO occultation with 590218

Event between (590218) 11UD63 and star GA1160:01942970 with event index number of 2686036

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/02/22 11:00:24 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:07:00.6 +27:57:42
Equinox of date position of star is 06:08:31.1 +27:57:25
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 150 degrees from the moon. Moon is 8% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.3

Object is 13.6 AU from the Sun and 13.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 7.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 288 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1243 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.7
Diameter=105.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.5 sec chord
Diameter=42.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 590218, (2028/02/22 10:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:41.8 +07:24:36  0.4 20.74 144
Alnath         05:28:04.4 +28:37:43  1.6  8.98 141
PPM 095226     06:02:46.6 +27:34:16  6.0  1.38 149
PPM 095434     06:09:26.3 +27:51:15  8.4  0.18 150
PPM 095436     06:09:29.3 +27:56:43  9.7  0.16 150
590218         06:08:47.1 +27:57:22 16.1       151
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 590218, (2028/02/22 10:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 20.74 144
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6  8.98 141
PPM 095226     06:01:00.4 +27:34:21  6.0  1.38 149
PPM 095434     06:07:39.9 +27:51:36  8.4  0.18 150
PPM 095436     06:07:42.8 +27:57:04  9.7  0.16 150
590218         06:07:00.6 +27:57:42 16.1       150
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/08 04:38:28 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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