RECON: TNO occultation with 86047

Event between (86047) 99OY3 and star GA0920:17965878 with event index number of 2408772

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/07/15 14:26:24 UTC

J2000 position of star is 22:08:42.9 +03:24:35
Equinox of date position of star is 22:09:53.7 +03:31:29
Stellar brightness G=16.8, 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 5% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.2

Object is 42.6 AU from the Sun and 41.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 220 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3621 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=264.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.4 sec chord
Diameter=107.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 86047, (2023/07/15 14:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:56.7 -29:29:49  1.2 35.05 115
Markab         23:05:56.1 +15:19:56  2.5 18.15  93
26The Peg      22:11:23.2 +06:18:52  3.5  2.81 109
PPM 172709     22:10:21.0 +02:50:59  6.9  0.69 112
PPM 172682     22:08:49.6 +03:31:50  9.2  0.27 111
86047          22:09:54.4 +03:31:33 16.8       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 86047, (2023/07/15 14:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 35.05 115
Markab         23:04:45.8 +15:12:18  2.5 18.15  93
26The Peg      22:10:12.4 +06:11:53  3.5  2.81 109
PPM 172709     22:09:09.3 +02:44:01  6.9  0.69 112
PPM 172682     22:07:38.1 +03:24:53  9.2  0.27 111
86047          22:08:42.9 +03:24:35 16.8       111
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/04/20 03:44:13 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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