RECON: TNO occultation with 469442

Event between (469442) 02GG166 and star GA0620:08829572 with event index number of 1103413

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/04/16 06:17:40 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:35:43.3 -26:48:25
Equinox of date position of star is 16:37:01.3 -26:50:55
Stellar brightness G=15.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 175 degrees from the moon. Moon is 15% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.7

TNO is 17.2 AU from the Sun and 16.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 12.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 71 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 631 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.2
Diameter=136.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.8 sec chord
Diameter=55.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 469442, (2021/04/16 06:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:43.0 -26:28:39  0.9  1.46 175
23Tau Sco      16:37:12.7 -28:15:30  2.8  1.41 174
PPM 265618     16:32:41.5 -26:34:56  6.1  1.01 175
PPM 265677     16:36:04.9 -27:09:11  7.9  0.37 175
PPM 265692     16:36:39.7 -26:34:45  9.2  0.28 176
469442         16:37:02.2 -26:50:57 15.7       175
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 469442, (2021/04/16 06:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  1.46 175
23Tau Sco      16:35:52.9 -28:12:58  2.8  1.41 174
PPM 265618     16:31:22.9 -26:32:16  6.1  1.01 175
PPM 265677     16:34:45.8 -27:06:37  7.9  0.37 175
PPM 265692     16:35:21.0 -26:32:12  9.2  0.28 176
469442         16:35:43.3 -26:48:25 15.7       175
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/20 20:31:24 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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