RECON: TNO occultation with 471325

Event between (471325) 11KT19 and star GA1000:04019003 with event index number of 1060189

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/03/15 01:14:42 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:54:33.9 +10:34:24
Equinox of date position of star is 15:55:34.1 +10:30:45
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 134 degrees from the moon. Moon is 3% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.2

TNO is 28.4 AU from the Sun and 27.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 25.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 46 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1083 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.5
Diameter=193.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.6 sec chord
Diameter=78.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471325, (2021/03/15 01:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:16:37.8 +19:04:23  0.0 25.37 152
Unukalhai      15:45:18.8 +06:21:37  2.6  4.87 137
39 Ser         15:54:11.4 +13:07:54  6.1  2.64 134
PPM 131819     15:57:13.0 +10:14:12  8.4  0.49 133
PPM 131779     15:54:30.1 +10:16:59  8.7  0.35 134
PPM 131796     15:55:44.8 +10:31:34 10.9  0.04 134
471325         15:55:34.5 +10:30:43 16.0       134
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 471325, (2021/03/15 01:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:15:38.1 +19:10:15  0.0 25.37 152
Unukalhai      15:44:16.3 +06:25:33  2.6  4.87 137
39 Ser         15:53:11.9 +13:11:36  6.1  2.64 134
PPM 131819     15:56:12.2 +10:17:50  8.4  0.49 133
PPM 131779     15:53:29.3 +10:20:41  8.7  0.35 134
PPM 131796     15:54:44.2 +10:35:14 10.9  0.04 134
471325         15:54:33.9 +10:34:24 16.0       134
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/19 21:08:42 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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