Occultation event with (2674) Pandarus, event index number 4936
Regions able to see the event: Senegal
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/11/29 04:20:31 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:45:42.5 +20:10:37
Equinox of date position of star is 04:47:17.8 +20:13:27
Star is 58 degrees from the moon. Moon is 73% illuminated.
Stellar brightness G=13.7, apparent brightess of occulting body is G=14.0
Use an exposure time of 0.20 seconds with the standard RECON-QHY system.
SNR of 8.9 per integration for unocculted signal
Expected flux drop is 59% with SNR of 5.2 for the occulted depth (per occulted point)
Apparent velocity is 17.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 19.5 arcsec/hr.
Position angle of asteroid motion is 82.0 degrees
The recommended exposure time corresponds to 3.5 km per image.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 0.5 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 31.8 km.
The sky-plane scale is 3277.0 km/arcsec.
Diameter estimates:
89.9 km assuming a 5% albedo, maximum of 5.1 sec for a central chord
36.7 km assuming a 30% albedo, maximum of 2.1 sec for a central chord
Cross-track diameter of 74.3 km used for deployment plan.
Star training set for 2674_Pandarus, (2026/11/29 04:21UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:28.1 +16:33:40 0.8 4.34 61 Alnath 05:27:59.7 +28:37:39 1.6 12.50 48 PPM 093646 04:39:51.3 +20:44:11 5.9 1.82 59 PPM 093789 04:50:20.0 +21:21:40 7.3 1.34 57 PPM 093763 04:48:44.7 +20:29:16 9.9 0.43 57 PPM 093728 04:45:42.0 +20:21:35 11.3 0.40 58 2674_Pandarus 04:47:17.8 +20:13:27 14.0 57 Positions are for equinox of date
Star training set for 2674_Pandarus, (2026/11/29 04:21UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.4 +16:30:29 0.8 4.34 61 Alnath 05:26:17.6 +28:36:22 1.6 12.50 48 PPM 093646 04:38:15.8 +20:41:05 5.9 1.82 59 PPM 093789 04:48:43.8 +21:18:56 7.3 1.34 57 PPM 093763 04:47:09.2 +20:26:29 9.9 0.43 57 PPM 093728 04:44:06.7 +20:18:42 11.3 0.40 58 2674_Pandarus 04:45:42.5 +20:10:37 14.0 58 Positions are for J2000