RECON: TNO occultation with 447178

Event between (447178) 05RO43 and star GA0720:04125572 with event index number of 2291246

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/02/24 22:46:36 UTC

J2000 position of star is 08:51:10.8 -16:28:25
Equinox of date position of star is 08:52:18.4 -16:33:57
Stellar brightness G=12.6, use SENSEUP=16 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 250 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 148 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=18.9

Object is 14.4 AU from the Sun and 13.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 7.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 107 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1656 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=208.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.4 sec chord
Diameter=85.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 447178, (2028/02/24 22:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Adhara         06:59:44.0 -29:00:44  1.5 28.70 121
Alphard        09:28:58.3 -08:46:55  2.0 11.83 160
PPM 220843     08:57:52.6 -16:49:06  5.5  1.31 149
PPM 220662     08:50:54.5 -16:08:17  8.3  0.58 149
PPM 220729     08:53:34.5 -16:37:48  9.6  0.27 149
447178         08:52:29.2 -16:34:50 12.6       149
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, (2028/02/24 22:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Adhara         06:58:37.6 -28:58:19  1.5 28.70 121
Alphard        09:27:35.2 -08:39:30  2.0 11.83 160
PPM 220843     08:56:34.1 -16:42:32  5.5  1.31 149
PPM 220662     08:49:35.9 -16:01:55  8.3  0.58 149
PPM 220729     08:52:16.1 -16:31:22  9.6  0.27 149
447178         08:51:10.8 -16:28:25 12.6       148
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/18 03:51:41 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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