RECON: TNO occultation with 459865

Event between (459865) 13XZ8 and star GA0580:09232278 with event index number of 2281811

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/02/12 04:24:33 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:18:09.7 -31:06:17
Equinox of date position of star is 16:19:41.3 -31:09:43
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 106 degrees from the moon. Moon is 7% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.6

Object is 9.2 AU from the Sun and 9.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 9.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 29 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 359 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=70.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.1 sec chord
Diameter=28.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 459865, (2024/02/12 04:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:53.4 -26:29:00  0.9  5.28 104
23Tau Sco      16:37:23.3 -28:15:50  2.8  4.81 103
PPM 265498     16:26:10.9 -29:45:28  5.2  1.98 105
PPM 294826     16:15:43.8 -31:43:29  6.8  1.01 106
PPM 294897     16:20:09.2 -31:11:00  9.9  0.10 106
459865         16:19:41.4 -31:09:44 16.8       105
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, (2024/02/12 04:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  5.28 104
23Tau Sco      16:35:52.9 -28:12:58  2.8  4.81 103
PPM 265498     16:24:39.9 -29:42:14  5.2  1.98 105
PPM 294826     16:14:11.8 -31:39:55  6.8  1.01 106
PPM 294897     16:18:37.4 -31:07:34  9.9  0.10 106
459865         16:18:09.7 -31:06:17 16.8       106
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/29 04:19:22 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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