RECON: TNO occultation with 590218

Event between (590218) 11UD63 and star GA1160:02624838 with event index number of 2686262

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/12/20 00:04:32 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:56:12.4 +26:20:15
Equinox of date position of star is 06:57:41.4 +26:18:17
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 146 degrees from the moon. Moon is 16% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.9

Object is 13.2 AU from the Sun and 12.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 8.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 167 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1067 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.7
Diameter=105.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.2 sec chord
Diameter=42.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 590218, (2028/12/20 00:03UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:47:05.4 +27:57:14  1.1 11.04 156
Alhena         06:39:23.1 +16:22:19  1.9 10.83 143
39 Gem         07:00:34.5 +26:02:24  6.5  0.63 147
PPM 096719     06:56:16.9 +26:29:31  7.9  0.43 146
PPM 096736     06:56:53.4 +26:10:36  9.8  0.28 146
590218         06:58:00.1 +26:17:52 16.3       147
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, (2028/12/20 00:03UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 11.04 156
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:56  1.9 10.83 143
39 Gem         06:58:47.1 +26:04:53  6.5  0.63 147
PPM 096719     06:54:29.1 +26:31:50  7.9  0.43 146
PPM 096736     06:55:05.8 +26:12:56  9.8  0.28 146
590218         06:56:12.4 +26:20:15 16.3       146
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/09 04:30:16 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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