RECON: TNO occultation with 471196

Event between (471196) 10PK66 and star GA0740:29203630 with event index number of 2654988

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/07/25 20:40:34 UTC

J2000 position of star is 21:44:42.3 -15:56:40
Equinox of date position of star is 21:45:59.6 -15:50:08
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 111 degrees from the moon. Moon is 50% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.7

Object is 40.8 AU from the Sun and 39.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 77 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1604 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.6
Diameter=446.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.7 sec chord
Diameter=182.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471196, (2023/07/25 20:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:56.8 -29:29:48  1.2 21.62 119
45 Cap         21:45:18.0 -14:38:25  6.4  1.21 111
PPM 239277     21:45:36.4 -15:51:47  7.8  0.10 111
471196         21:45:59.8 -15:50:07 16.7       111
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 471196, (2023/07/25 20:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 21.62 119
45 Cap         21:44:00.9 -14:44:57  6.4  1.21 111
PPM 239277     21:44:19.0 -15:58:19  7.8  0.10 111
471196         21:44:42.3 -15:56:40 16.7       111
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/07/04 04:03:15 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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