RECON: TNO occultation with 471136

Event between (471136) 10EO65 and star GA0660:38466176 with event index number of 2270150

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/09/06 16:16:36 UTC

J2000 position of star is 20:14:32.8 -22:32:21
Equinox of date position of star is 20:15:59.3 -22:27:48
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 165 degrees from the moon. Moon is 24% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.4

Object is 18.2 AU from the Sun and 17.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 14.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 884 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5476 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.7
Diameter=75.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.9 sec chord
Diameter=31.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471136, (2026/09/06 16:17UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:07.0 -29:28:48  1.2 37.11 130
38Zet Sgr      19:04:18.4 -29:50:22  2.7 17.70 176
4 Cap          20:19:35.2 -21:43:32  5.9  1.09 164
PPM 270883     20:15:52.7 -21:57:24  8.5  0.50 164
PPM 270885     20:15:59.0 -22:20:33  9.4  0.12 165
471136         20:16:07.1 -22:27:23 16.4       164
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, (2026/09/06 16:17UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 37.11 130
38Zet Sgr      19:02:36.7 -29:52:49  2.7 17.70 176
4 Cap          20:18:01.4 -21:48:36  5.9  1.09 164
PPM 270883     20:14:18.7 -22:02:21  8.5  0.50 164
PPM 270885     20:14:24.7 -22:25:31  9.4  0.12 165
471136         20:14:32.8 -22:32:21 16.4       165
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/19 21:32:43 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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