RECON: TNO occultation with 471155

Event between (471155) 10GF65 and star GA0540:19730526 with event index number of 2232971

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/02/24 07:05:23 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:38:47.1 -35:30:10
Equinox of date position of star is 17:40:19.8 -35:30:51
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 123 degrees from the moon. Moon is 21% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.1

Object is 22.5 AU from the Sun and 22.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 505 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2975 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=229.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.0 sec chord
Diameter=93.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471155, (2023/02/24 07:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:49.8 -26:28:53  0.9 17.38 139
34Ups Sco      17:32:20.4 -37:18:43  2.7  2.41 124
PPM 296710     17:44:25.5 -36:57:18  5.4  1.66 122
PPM 296579     17:39:03.9 -35:20:43  8.3  0.31 123
PPM 296594     17:39:40.5 -35:36:51  9.7  0.17 123
471155         17:40:20.3 -35:30:51 15.9       122
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 471155, (2023/02/24 07:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 17.38 139
34Ups Sco      17:30:45.8 -37:17:46  2.7  2.41 124
PPM 296710     17:42:51.1 -36:56:45  5.4  1.66 122
PPM 296579     17:37:30.9 -35:19:59  8.3  0.31 123
PPM 296594     17:38:07.3 -35:36:08  9.7  0.17 123
471155         17:38:47.1 -35:30:10 15.9       123
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/09 03:33:45 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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