RECON: TNO occultation with 447178

Event between (447178) 05RO43 and star GA0720:04207370 with event index number of 2291220

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/12/08 18:54:55 UTC

J2000 position of star is 09:03:49.4 -16:47:57
Equinox of date position of star is 09:04:57.3 -16:53:48
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 125 degrees from the moon. Moon is 74% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.1

Object is 14.5 AU from the Sun and 14.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 11.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 122 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2791 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=208.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.8 sec chord
Diameter=85.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 447178, (2027/12/08 18:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Adhara         06:59:43.5 -29:00:42  1.5 31.17  97
Alphard        09:28:57.6 -08:46:52  2.0  9.99 131
PPM 220890     09:00:02.6 -16:14:28  5.8  1.39 124
PPM 221019     09:05:59.4 -17:20:58  7.5  0.48 125
PPM 220996     09:04:56.2 -16:55:30  9.3  0.05 125
447178         09:05:07.5 -16:54:40 16.6       126
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 447178, (2027/12/08 18:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Adhara         06:58:37.6 -28:58:19  1.5 31.17  97
Alphard        09:27:35.2 -08:39:30  2.0  9.99 131
PPM 220890     08:58:44.3 -16:07:53  5.8  1.39 124
PPM 221019     09:04:41.5 -17:14:13  7.5  0.48 125
PPM 220996     09:03:38.2 -16:48:47  9.3  0.05 125
447178         09:03:49.4 -16:47:57 16.6       125
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/18 03:49:50 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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