RECON: TNO occultation with 472651

Event between (472651) 15DB216 and star GA0660:05765914 with event index number of 2311342

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/08/01 03:25:01 UTC

J2000 position of star is 12:58:50.2 -22:21:22
Equinox of date position of star is 13:00:08.8 -22:29:16
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 113 degrees from the moon. Moon is 12% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.2

Object is 13.5 AU from the Sun and 13.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 34 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 588 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.5
Diameter=117.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.4 sec chord
Diameter=48.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 472651, (2024/08/01 03:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:29.5 -11:17:20  1.0 12.84 114
9Bet Crv       12:35:41.0 -23:31:56  2.6  5.73 108
PPM 261041     12:58:52.1 -22:53:10  6.0  0.50 113
PPM 261078     13:00:45.6 -22:15:37  8.0  0.27 113
PPM 261068     13:00:16.9 -22:34:25  9.0  0.09 113
472651         13:00:09.3 -22:29:18 16.9       113
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 472651, (2024/08/01 03:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 12.84 114
9Bet Crv       12:34:23.2 -23:23:49  2.6  5.73 108
PPM 261041     12:57:33.0 -22:45:13  6.0  0.50 113
PPM 261078     12:59:26.6 -22:07:42  8.0  0.27 113
PPM 261068     12:58:57.8 -22:26:29  9.0  0.09 113
472651         12:58:50.2 -22:21:22 16.9       113
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/11 03:49:22 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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