RECON: TNO occultation with 470309

Event between (470309) 07JK43 and star GA1020:06015492 with event index number of 2228893

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/07/26 17:59:49 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:27:36.5 +13:35:11
Equinox of date position of star is 18:28:43.9 +13:36:11
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 96 degrees from the moon. Moon is 66% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.6

Object is 26.1 AU from the Sun and 25.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 56 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1044 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=209.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.0 sec chord
Diameter=85.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 470309, (2024/07/26 18:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:37:46.2 +38:48:27  0.0 25.28  90
Rasalhague     17:36:04.5 +12:32:39  2.1 12.87 109
PPM 134713     18:27:02.1 +14:58:55  6.2  1.44  96
PPM 134795     18:30:35.1 +13:52:21  7.4  0.52  95
PPM 134772     18:29:40.4 +13:38:26  9.7  0.23  96
470309         18:28:44.2 +13:36:11 15.4        96
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, (2024/07/26 18:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:36:56.7 +38:47:07  0.0 25.28  90
Rasalhague     17:34:56.3 +12:33:31  2.1 12.87 109
PPM 134713     18:25:55.2 +14:57:58  6.2  1.44  96
PPM 134795     18:29:27.6 +13:51:17  7.4  0.52  95
PPM 134772     18:28:32.7 +13:37:23  9.7  0.23  96
470309         18:27:36.5 +13:35:11 15.4        96
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/11 03:49:08 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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