RECON: TNO occultation with 471150

Event between (471150) 10FC49 and star GA0720:04870728 with event index number of 2265159

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/07/22 12:51:46 UTC

J2000 position of star is 12:35:55.7 -16:39:52
Equinox of date position of star is 12:37:09.0 -16:47:34
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 119 degrees from the moon. Moon is 98% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9

Object is 39.3 AU from the Sun and 39.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 11.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 144 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1944 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=407.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 34.7 sec chord
Diameter=166.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 14.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471150, (2024/07/22 12:52UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:29.4 -11:17:19  1.0 13.15 111
4Gam Crv       12:17:04.4 -17:40:41  2.6  4.89 122
8Eta Crv       12:33:20.4 -16:19:54  3.9  1.04 120
PPM 226071     12:36:59.7 -16:57:40  7.0  0.17 118
PPM 226069     12:36:55.7 -16:40:47  8.8  0.14 119
471150         12:37:12.8 -16:47:58 16.5       118
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 471150, (2024/07/22 12:52UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 13.15 111
4Gam Crv       12:15:48.1 -17:32:30  2.6  4.89 122
8Eta Crv       12:32:03.6 -16:11:47  3.9  1.04 120
PPM 226071     12:35:42.6 -16:49:34  7.0  0.17 118
PPM 226069     12:35:38.6 -16:32:41  8.8  0.14 119
471150         12:35:55.7 -16:39:52 16.5       119
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/05/03 03:59:34 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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