RECON: TNO occultation with 613411

Event between (613411) 06HQ122 and star GA0800:05540619 with event index number of 2820897

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/05/05 23:23:19 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:40:07.2 -09:51:55
Equinox of date position of star is 16:41:24.3 -09:54:34
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 64 degrees from the moon. Moon is 89% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.9

Object is 43.0 AU from the Sun and 42.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 266 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3010 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=295.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.4 sec chord
Diameter=120.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 613411, (2028/05/05 23:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:09.0 -26:29:32  0.9 16.76  62
13Zet Oph      16:38:43.4 -10:37:20  2.6  1.01  63
PPM 199862     16:40:20.3 -08:40:22  6.4  1.29  64
PPM 199875     16:41:12.3 -09:36:33  6.9  0.33  64
PPM 199886     16:42:06.4 -09:58:04  9.5  0.12  64
613411         16:41:40.6 -09:55:08 16.4        65
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 613411, (2028/05/05 23:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 16.76  62
13Zet Oph      16:37:09.6 -10:34:01  2.6  1.01  63
PPM 199862     16:38:47.7 -08:37:07  6.4  1.29  64
PPM 199875     16:39:39.1 -09:33:20  6.9  0.33  64
PPM 199886     16:40:33.0 -09:54:52  9.5  0.12  64
613411         16:40:07.2 -09:51:55 16.4        64
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/05/30 02:56:27 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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