RECON: TNO occultation with 469584

Event between (469584) 03YW179 and star GA1040:03497857 with event index number of 2820393

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/03/25 19:45:09 UTC

J2000 position of star is 09:53:01.7 +14:48:34
Equinox of date position of star is 09:54:14.5 +14:42:13
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 88 degrees from the moon. Moon is 20% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.7

TNO is 36.4 AU from the Sun and 35.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 461 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3573 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.0
Diameter=237.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.1 sec chord
Diameter=97.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:3EE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 469584, (2023/03/25 19:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:36.4 +11:51:10  1.3  4.69  92
16Psi Leo      09:44:59.7 +13:54:52  5.3  2.38  86
PPM 126851     09:52:06.0 +14:00:41  8.5  0.87  88
PPM 126863     09:52:53.1 +14:50:14 10.0  0.37  88
469584         09:54:17.4 +14:41:58 16.8        88
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 469584, (2023/03/25 19:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3  4.69  92
16Psi Leo      09:43:43.9 +14:01:18  5.3  2.38  86
PPM 126851     09:50:50.4 +14:07:15  8.5  0.87  88
PPM 126863     09:51:37.3 +14:56:49 10.0  0.37  88
469584         09:53:01.7 +14:48:34 16.8        88
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/05/03 01:06:33 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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