Occultation event with (4836) Medon, event index number 3735
Regions able to see the event: US,NMexico
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/05/10 06:03:19 UTC
J2000 position of star is 13:28:13.5 +12:44:41
Equinox of date position of star is 13:29:31.5 +12:36:32
Star is 126 degrees from the moon. Moon is 46% illuminated.
Stellar brightness G=16.6, apparent brightess of occulting body is G=14.6
Use an exposure time of 1.50 seconds with the standard RECON-QHY system.
SNR of 3.0 per integration for unocculted signal
Expected flux drop is 14% with SNR of 0.4 for the occulted depth (per occulted point)
Apparent velocity is 13.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 15.8 arcsec/hr.
Position angle of asteroid motion is 80.5 degrees
The recommended exposure time corresponds to 20.5 km per image.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1.0 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 33.9 km.
The sky-plane scale is 3099.6 km/arcsec.
Diameter estimates:
74.1 km assuming a 5% albedo, maximum of 5.4 sec for a central chord
30.3 km assuming a 30% albedo, maximum of 2.2 sec for a central chord
Cross-track diameter of 63.3 km used for deployment plan.
Star training set for 4836_Medon, (2026/05/10 06:03UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Arcturus 14:16:51.9 +19:02:48 0.0 13.07 116 Vindemiatrix 13:03:29.3 +10:49:05 2.8 6.62 132 70 Vir 13:29:43.2 +13:38:20 5.0 1.03 126 PPM 129827 13:28:17.2 +11:46:21 7.9 0.89 126 PPM 129834 13:29:03.9 +12:34:01 8.7 0.12 126 4836_Medon 13:29:31.5 +12:36:32 14.6 126 Positions are for equinox of date
This table contains the target star visibility for registered US sites that are relevant for this occultation. This list has been filtered to only those sites that can see the field and are within range of the shadow given the uncertainties. The observing time range has been calculated to cover the time of the event at each site with allowances for the event timing uncertainty plus time for obtaining a pre and post event baseline lightcurve. This set of stations has a 0.0 % chance of getting at least one chord. There is a 0.0% chance of 2 or more chords assuming clear weather for all.
| Site Name | Site mid-time (UT) |
Sun alt (deg) |
Sky | Moon | Star alt (deg) |
Star az (deg) |
Target | Observing Time | Xtrack (km) |
Prob |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Star training set for 4836_Medon, (2026/05/10 06:03UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Arcturus 14:15:37.7 +19:10:06 0.0 13.07 116 Vindemiatrix 13:02:10.1 +10:57:33 2.8 6.62 132 70 Vir 13:28:25.4 +13:46:29 5.0 1.03 126 PPM 129827 13:26:58.9 +11:54:31 7.9 0.89 126 PPM 129834 13:27:45.8 +12:42:10 8.7 0.12 126 4836_Medon 13:28:13.5 +12:44:41 14.6 126 Positions are for J2000