RECON: TNO occultation with 500881

Event between (500881) 13JM64 and star GA0740:07040455 with event index number of 2335006

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/06/02 18:10:02 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:11:19.7 -15:28:40
Equinox of date position of star is 17:12:36.2 -15:30:13
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 124 degrees from the moon. Moon is 18% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.3

TNO is 40.9 AU from the Sun and 39.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1098 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4358 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.2
Diameter=138.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.6 sec chord
Diameter=56.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 500881, (2024/06/02 18:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:54.5 -26:29:03  0.9 14.67 133
35Eta Oph      17:11:46.8 -15:45:12  2.6  0.34 125
PPM 232829     17:16:43.7 -14:36:36  5.9  1.32 123
PPM 232759     17:13:58.8 -15:11:28  8.3  0.44 124
PPM 232709     17:12:11.5 -15:26:40  9.4  0.14 124
500881         17:12:43.7 -15:30:22 16.8       124
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 500881, (2024/06/02 18:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 14.67 133
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  0.34 125
PPM 232829     17:15:20.3 -14:35:03  5.9  1.32 123
PPM 232759     17:12:35.0 -15:09:49  8.3  0.44 124
PPM 232709     17:10:47.6 -15:24:57  9.4  0.14 124
500881         17:11:19.7 -15:28:40 16.8       124
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/04/03 00:08:23 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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