RECON: TNO occultation with 471155

Event between (471155) 10GF65 and star GA0520:23072651 with event index number of 2234634

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/06/10 16:55:23 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:53:51.3 -36:25:24
Equinox of date position of star is 17:55:29.2 -36:25:35
Stellar brightness G=14.4, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 137 degrees from the moon. Moon is 19% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.8

Object is 22.3 AU from the Sun and 21.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 562 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 982 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=229.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.7 sec chord
Diameter=93.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471155, (2024/06/10 16:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:54.6 -26:29:03  0.9 20.53 119
Kap Sco        17:44:10.8 -39:02:24  2.4  3.44 135
PPM 296992     17:56:47.4 -36:28:41  6.3  0.26 137
PPM 296975     17:55:58.0 -36:22:35  8.2  0.11 137
471155         17:55:30.5 -36:25:36 14.4       138
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, (2024/06/10 16:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 20.53 119
Kap Sco        17:42:29.3 -39:01:49  2.4  3.44 135
PPM 296992     17:55:08.1 -36:28:32  6.3  0.26 137
PPM 296975     17:54:18.8 -36:22:24  8.2  0.11 137
471155         17:53:51.3 -36:25:24 14.4       137
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/12 04:26:34 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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