RECON: TNO occultation with 508770

Event between (508770) 95WY2 and star GA1120:02789632 with event index number of 2103066

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/04/28 08:35:08 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:26:41.4 +22:49:49
Equinox of date position of star is 07:28:08.1 +22:46:49
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 159 degrees from the moon. Moon is 82% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.7

Object is 44.4 AU from the Sun and 44.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1780 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4024 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=229.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.4 sec chord
Diameter=93.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 508770, (2024/04/28 08:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:48.2 +27:57:56  1.1  6.68 156
58 Gem         07:24:55.7 +22:53:47  6.0  0.75 160
PPM 097540     07:29:35.3 +22:36:01  9.0  0.38 159
PPM 097518     07:28:42.8 +22:56:05 11.1  0.20 159
508770         07:28:08.9 +22:46:48 16.7       159
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 508770, (2024/04/28 08:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1  6.68 156
58 Gem         07:23:28.1 +22:56:42  6.0  0.75 160
PPM 097540     07:28:08.0 +22:39:06  9.0  0.38 159
PPM 097518     07:27:15.2 +22:59:07 11.1  0.20 159
508770         07:26:41.4 +22:49:49 16.7       159
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/12 04:20:58 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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