RECON: TNO occultation with 468861

Event between (468861) 13LU28 and star GA1480:04961431 with event index number of 2655133

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/03/21 16:09:32 UTC

J2000 position of star is 09:38:48.4 +58:43:32
Equinox of date position of star is 09:40:29.1 +58:37:11
Stellar brightness G=14.1, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 117 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=18.2

Object is 9.1 AU from the Sun and 8.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 37.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 21.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 14 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 377 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.3
Diameter=128.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.5 sec chord
Diameter=52.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 468861, (2023/03/21 16:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:44.1 +27:58:06  1.1 36.41 113
Dubhe          11:05:08.5 +61:37:30  1.8 10.91 120
29Ups UMa      09:52:37.3 +58:55:42  3.8  1.60 118
PPM 032264     09:42:38.9 +58:28:58  8.5  0.31 117
PPM 032256     09:41:20.0 +58:45:35  9.1  0.18 117
468861         09:40:29.1 +58:37:11 14.1       117
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 468861, (2023/03/21 16:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 36.41 113
Dubhe          11:03:43.3 +61:45:02  1.8 10.91 120
29Ups UMa      09:50:58.5 +59:02:16  3.8  1.60 118
PPM 032264     09:40:58.8 +58:35:21  8.5  0.31 117
PPM 032256     09:39:39.3 +58:51:56  9.1  0.18 117
468861         09:38:48.4 +58:43:32 14.1       117
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/03/17 21:24:37 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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