RECON: TNO occultation with 471931

Event between (471931) 13PH44 and star GA0760:00184015 with event index number of 2456886

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/07/25 03:58:36 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:23:28.2 -12:13:01
Equinox of date position of star is 02:24:36.0 -12:06:43
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 155 degrees from the moon. Moon is 43% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9

Object is 16.6 AU from the Sun and 16.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 43 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 758 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.4
Diameter=80.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.0 sec chord
Diameter=32.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471931, (2023/07/25 03:59UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:40.3 -08:10:34  0.1 42.24 121
68Omi Cet      02:20:32.3 -02:52:18  2.0  9.29 163
72Rho Cet      02:27:05.4 -12:11:07  4.9  0.61 154
PPM 211391     02:21:52.5 -11:29:59  8.2  0.91 156
PPM 211437     02:23:37.5 -11:54:16  9.8  0.32 155
471931         02:24:36.7 -12:06:39 16.9       155
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 471931, (2023/07/25 03:59UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1 42.24 121
68Omi Cet      02:19:20.8 -02:58:45  2.0  9.29 163
72Rho Cet      02:25:57.0 -12:17:26  4.9  0.61 154
PPM 211391     02:20:43.8 -11:36:24  8.2  0.91 156
PPM 211437     02:22:29.0 -12:00:39  9.8  0.32 155
471931         02:23:28.2 -12:13:01 16.9       155
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/05/03 03:52:43 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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