RECON: TNO occultation with 459865

Event between (459865) 13XZ8 and star GA0580:06889048 with event index number of 2281300

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/01/06 09:30:07 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:43:28.0 -30:52:51
Equinox of date position of star is 13:44:42.6 -30:59:23
Stellar brightness G=15.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 116 degrees from the moon. Moon is 18% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=19.4

TNO is 8.5 AU from the Sun and 8.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 22.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 12.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 23 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 456 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.6
Diameter=70.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.1 sec chord
Diameter=28.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 459865, (2022/01/06 09:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:21.4 -11:16:32  1.0 20.17 131
5The Cen       14:07:59.2 -36:28:38  2.1  7.31 109
1 Cen          13:46:56.7 -33:09:15  4.2  2.21 115
PPM 291724     13:44:16.0 -30:17:35  7.5  0.70 117
PPM 291727     13:44:23.8 -30:42:03  9.9  0.30 117
459865         13:44:43.4 -30:59:28 15.8       116
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 459865, (2022/01/06 09:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 20.17 131
5The Cen       14:06:40.0 -36:22:23  2.1  7.31 109
1 Cen          13:45:40.5 -33:02:41  4.2  2.21 115
PPM 291724     13:43:00.8 -30:10:58  7.5  0.70 117
PPM 291727     13:43:08.5 -30:35:27  9.9  0.30 117
459865         13:43:28.0 -30:52:51 15.8       116
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/10 01:02:06 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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