RECON: TNO occultation with 470309

Event between (470309) 07JK43 and star GA1000:05707052 with event index number of 2228633

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/08/14 21:00:12 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:14:44.7 +11:36:06
Equinox of date position of star is 18:15:50.7 +11:36:38
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 131 degrees from the moon. Moon is 2% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.6

Object is 25.8 AU from the Sun and 25.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 63 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1015 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=209.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.7 sec chord
Diameter=85.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 470309, (2023/08/14 21:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:37:44.3 +38:48:24  0.0 27.63 112
Rasalhague     17:36:01.9 +12:32:41  2.1  9.78 123
PPM 134528     18:19:29.9 +12:59:29  6.3  1.64 130
PPM 134420     18:14:31.1 +11:53:32  6.9  0.43 130
PPM 134465     18:16:39.3 +11:51:24  8.7  0.32 131
PPM 134443     18:15:49.9 +11:24:30 10.3  0.20 131
470309         18:15:50.9 +11:36:38 16.1       131
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 470309, (2023/08/14 21:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:36:56.7 +38:47:07  0.0 27.63 112
Rasalhague     17:34:56.3 +12:33:31  2.1  9.78 123
PPM 134528     18:18:24.5 +12:58:50  6.3  1.64 130
PPM 134420     18:13:25.1 +11:53:03  6.9  0.43 130
PPM 134465     18:15:33.3 +11:50:51  8.7  0.32 131
PPM 134443     18:14:43.6 +11:23:58 10.3  0.20 131
470309         18:14:44.7 +11:36:06 16.1       131
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/07/28 03:52:59 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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