RECON: TNO occultation with 471136

Event between (471136) 10EO65 and star GA0580:35122720 with event index number of 1774702

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/06/06 16:22:06 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:18:52.4 -31:39:21
Equinox of date position of star is 18:20:14.6 -31:38:45
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 120 degrees from the moon. Moon is 12% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.4

TNO is 15.4 AU from the Sun and 14.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 250 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 992 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=75.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.9 sec chord
Diameter=31.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471136, (2021/06/06 16:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:43.5 -26:28:40  0.9 24.42 145
38Zet Sgr      19:03:58.4 -29:50:52  2.7  9.56 111
18 Sgr         18:26:24.0 -30:44:38  5.3  1.59 119
PPM 297564     18:21:49.9 -31:18:19  7.4  0.48 120
PPM 297504     18:18:51.9 -31:27:36  9.1  0.35 121
471136         18:20:15.9 -31:38:44 15.9       120
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 471136, (2021/06/06 16:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 24.42 145
38Zet Sgr      19:02:36.7 -29:52:49  2.7  9.56 111
18 Sgr         18:25:01.2 -30:45:26  5.3  1.59 119
PPM 297564     18:20:26.6 -31:18:58  7.4  0.48 120
PPM 297504     18:17:28.6 -31:28:10  9.1  0.35 121
471136         18:18:52.4 -31:39:21 15.9       120
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/02/06 21:04:34 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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